heifer
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His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Boyle Reservoir, a black heifer lying on her side in the dusty brown earth heaved a tiny head sticky with amniotic fluid from her birth canal.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
Under strict circumstances in England - but not in Wales - the slaughter process can be delayed if a cow or heifer is in the last 60 days of pregnancy.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023
Female heifer cows who haven’t birthed new calves are part of that culling, USA Today reports, meaning that there will be fewer beef cows available for slaughter in the next year or so.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022
She had a large pleasant nose that sniffed the air at irregular intervals like a heifer catching the scent of blood in the stockyard.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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