[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

calf \calf\, n.; pl. calves. oe. calf, kelf, as. cealf; akin
   to d. kalf, g. kalb, icel. k=alfr, sw. kalf, dan. kalv,
   goth. kalb=o; cf. skr. garbha fetus, young, gr. ?????, skr
   grabh to seize, conceive, ir. colpa, colpach, a calf.
   root222.
   1. the young of the cow, or of the bovine family of
      quadrupeds. also, the young of some other mammals, as of
      the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.
      1913 webster

   2. leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine,
      light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind
      books in calf.
      1913 webster

   3. an awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a
      dolt. colloq.
      1913 webster

            some silly, doting, brainless calf.   --drayton.
      1913 webster

   4. a small island near a larger; as, the calf of man.
      1913 webster

   5. a small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a
      glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --kane.
      1913 webster

   6. cf. icel. k=alfi. the fleshy hinder part of the leg
      below the knee.
      1913 webster

   calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. the
      gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and
      is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
calves calf's-foot jelly 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

calves
     see calf
see also:
calf 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

calf
     n 1: young of domestic cattle
     2: the muscular back part of the shank syn: sura
     3: fine leather from the skin of a calf syn: calfskin
     4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or
        giraffe or elephant or buffalo
     also: calves pl
see also:
sura calfskin calves 

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