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Noun calf has 4 senses
- calf - young of domestic cattle
--1 is a kind of young mammal
--1 is a member of cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
--1 has parts: veal, veau
--1 has particulars: dogie, dogy, leppy; maverick
- calf, sura - the muscular back part of the shank
--2 is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle
--2 is a part of shank
--2 has parts:
- calf, calfskin - fine leather from the skin of a calf
--3 is a kind of leather
--3 has particulars: box calf
- calf - young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
--4 is a kind of young mammal
Verb calve has 2 senses
- calve, break up - release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
--1 is one way to separate, divide, part
Sample sentence:
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- calve, have young - birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
--2 is one way to litter
Sample sentence:
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