calf
A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
Other meanings
Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale also indiscriminately used of other animals.
A kind of
- young mammal
Word history
From Middle English "calf".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “calf” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.