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calf

[kaf, kahf] / kæf, kɑf /
NOUN
leg between knee and ankle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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I wish he had included the most common kind of pepperpot soup, which was based on tripe and calf or ox feet and usually featured small flour dumplings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Researchers recognised the elephant as a female who had lost a calf several years earlier and said she had previously picked up dead calves belonging to other females.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

We saw two adult whales and a calf inside the lagoon, where they’re extremely rare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

A rare observation of a humpback whale mother remaining beside her dead calf is offering researchers a closer look at how these animals may respond to loss.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The left leg of her jeans was ripped from the knee to her calf, and her knee was skinned underneath.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

In the 1870s, a Pend d’Oreille Indian named Walking Coyote captured a few bison calves from northern Montana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

For all the sore glutes and calves, what lingers most is the appeal of turning this into a weekend ritual.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

All of the affected elephants - mainly female adults and their calves - had also shown signs of paralysis, which authorities believe also points to cyanide poisoning.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

His calves were before me; and I waited in excruciation for discovery.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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