freemartin

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“A heifer born with a twin bull is called a ‘freemartin’ and about 95 percent of the time she is infertile,” she said.

From Washington Times

“Most of our girls are freemartins, of course. I’m a freemartin myself.”

From Literature

“You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son’s mistress. ‘The wheel has come full circle; I am here.’

From Literature

Freemartin, frē′mar-tin, n. a cow-calf born as a twin with a bull-calf, usually barren.

From Project Gutenberg

To sidewalk farmers, who suppose that a ridgeling is the peak in a barn roof and a freemartin a species of swallow,*some of Gus's outbuildings and his hog runs might well give the jimjams.

From Time Magazine Archive