Meaning & use
calf
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A young cow, or the fleshy back part of the lower leg below the knee.
See it in a sentence
The calf wobbled on its legs just minutes after being born.
She pulled a muscle in her calf during the final sprint.
A note on using this word
Two unrelated meanings share the same word: the baby-animal sense and the leg-muscle sense, so context always determines which is meant.
Another way to use it
2. noun
The young of certain large mammals, such as a whale, elephant, or seal.
The mother whale swam close beside her calf.
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