heifer
noun/ˈhefə(r)/
/ˈhefər/
- a young female cow that has not yet had a calf or has had only one calfTopics Animalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeifer is used before these nouns:
- calf
Word OriginOld English heahfore, of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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