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calf
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calf1
1. the young of cattle, esp domestic cattle
2. the young of certain other mammals, such as the buffalo, elephant, giraffe, and whale
3. a large piece of floating ice detached from an iceberg, etc.
calf2
the thick fleshy part of the back of the leg between the ankle and the knee
calf [kaf]
(oceanography)
calved ice
(vertebrate zoology)
The young of the domestic cow, elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, moose, whale, and others.
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This and the contracting national beef herd meant around 137,000 (7%) fewer beef calves were produced, which in turn, led the proportion of beef-sired stock to fall back to less than 70% of the annual calf crop.
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For available feedlot supplies the 2007 calf crop was down slightly from 2006 levels.
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On the range an 80-90 percent calf crop may be good.
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