Other Definitions calf (enc)
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Calf| Noun | 1. | calf - young of domestic cattleBos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" maverick - an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it | | | 2. | calf - the muscular back part of the shankskeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle - the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot soleus, soleus muscle - a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle | | | 3. | calf - fine leather from the skin of a calfleather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning box calf - black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts | | | 4. | calf - young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo | |
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