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calf

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  • IPA /kæf/

Noun

calf noun

  1. A young cow or bull.
  2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
  3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
  4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

calf noun

  1. The back of the leg below the knee.
  2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

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