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Meaning of 'calf'
Meaning of 'calf' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Calf 
[ n.]
- The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds.
Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros,
hippopotamus, and whale. [ n.]- Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
- An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
- A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.
- A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface.
- The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
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