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sea calf(medicine)
calf(1)(dictionary)
calf(2)(dictionary)
Calf(health)
in-calf(dictionary)
Calf(medicine)
Calf bone(health)
Bone, calf(health)
calf diphtheria(medicine)

calf(1) (iou)



calf noun1. [k¨»:f] Pl. calves [k¨»:vz].

A young bovine animal, esp. the domestic cow, spec. in its first year. OE.
b. A stupid or inoffensive person. M16.
The young of some other large mammals, as the elephant, deer, whale, etc. LME.
sea-calf, the common seal. LME.
A small island lying close to a larger one. rare exc. in the Calf of Man (off the Isle of Man). L17.
Leather made from the hide or skin of a calf, used esp. in shoemaking and bookbinding. E18.
MOTTLED calf. rough calf: see ROUGH adjective.
A floating piece of ice detached from an iceberg. E19.
Phrases: GOLDEN calf. in calf (of a cow etc.) pregnant. kill the fatted calf: see FAT verb. with calf (of a cow etc.) pregnant.
Comb.: calf-love romantic affection felt by a young person; calf's foot (a) the foot of a calf, esp. as food; (b) wild arum, cuckoo-pint; calfskin = sense 5 above; calf's snout the plant weasel's snout, Misopates orontium.
calfhood noun L19.
calfless adjective1 LME.