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heifer
/ˈhaɪfɚ/
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What does heifer mean?
noun
- A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (obsolete) A wife.
- (derogatory, slang) An unattractive or unpleasant woman.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhaɪfɚ/
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Here and there one saw reflected the image of a heifer, turned loose to live upon the sparse sand-grass.
Round this den, and rendering it noisome, were scattered the bones of several deer and a young steer or heifer.
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Kindly inform if this is one of nature's laws or if there is a possibility of the heifer turning out all right?
The larger bear-skin gave me the impression that the original owner must have been the size of a heifer twelve or fifteen months old.
The operation is commonly performed in the heifer and bitch, occasionally in the mare, and at present rarely in the sow.