heifer

Example Sentences

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The heifer has now been returned home, and is said to be "fit and well".

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

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

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

The first hint of it came when the Spot heifer failed to show up one evening at milking time.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson