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calf

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




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How much of Bath's title defence rests on Finn Russell's iffy calf?

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

By 2022, McClain was in a regular rotation of 90- to 120-day deals with investors, the time it took to raise a calf to selling size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

On Wednesday, US officials announced that Texas had detected its first case in 60 years in a three-week-old calf, with the larvae found in its umbilical area.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The first case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly that typically feeds on livestock, has been detected a calf in Texas—the first U.S. case in six decades.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Carefully, I peeled back the dressing and saw that, although the wound wasn’t oozing, her entire calf was purple now.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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