calf

     

A calf (plural calves) is the young of various species of mammal. The term is most commonly use to refer to the young of cattle. The young of bison, camels, dolphins, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses, moose, rhinoceroses, whales, seals and yaks are also called calves.

Trivia about calf

  • It's the common term for the young of a whale as well as a cow
  • A newborn gnu is called one of these, like an elephant or a whale
  • According to Luke 15, the meat of choice for a special occasion came from a "fatted" one of these
  • You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo
  • The gastrocnemius is the most prominent of the 7 muscles making up this back part of the lower leg
  • The rhinoceros
  • An adult male whale is called a bull, a female is called a cow & a baby whale is called this
  • "Killing the fatted" one
  • A flexor directs an appendage forward; an exception is the gastrocnemius in this part of the leg

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