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Definition of Calf

1. Noun. Young of domestic cattle.

2. Noun. The muscular back part of the shank.

3. Noun. Fine leather from the skin of a calf.

4. Noun. Young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo.

Definition of Calf

1. n. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

Definition of Calf

1. Noun. A young cow or bull. ¹

2. Noun. A young elephant, seal or whale (qualifier also used of some other animals). ¹

3. Noun. A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg. ¹

4. Noun. A small island, near a larger island. ¹

5. Noun. A cabless railroad engine ¹

6. Noun. (informal dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. ¹

7. Noun. (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee. ¹

8. Noun. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calf

1. a young cow or bull [n CALVES or CALFS] : CALFLIKE [adj]

Medical Definition of Calf

1. Synonym: sural region. 2. A young bovine animal, male or female. Origin: Gael. Kalpa (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calf

calendrical calendrically calendrics calendry calends calendula calendulas calendulin calenture calentured

calentures calesa calesas calescence calescent calf (current term) calf's-foot jelly calf's brain calf's liver calf's tongue

calf-bone calf bone calf bones calf diphtheria calf love calf pump calf roping calfbound calfflesh calfless

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