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calf

[kaf, kahf] / kæf, kɑf /
NOUN
leg between knee and ankle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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Nacua was sidelined two games this season because of a hip injury and was also playing through a calf injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Nacua was sidelined for two games because of a hip injury and has been playing through a calf problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

England are facing a possible change at fly-half, with first-choice Fin Smith struggling with a calf problem and Marcus Smith and George Ford competing to deputise in his possible absence.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

They applied a harmless but uncomfortable heat sensation to the calf, similar to the brief pain someone might experience when accidentally touching a hot stove.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

I’d bring the first calf back to the pen, open the gate, and let the next one out.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

In the 1870s, a Pend d’Oreille Indian named Walking Coyote captured a few bison calves from northern Montana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die, a rare observation led by Griffith University and Sea World Foundation has found.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Once farmers and ranchers arrived in California, their stock of calves and pigs and crops were a bear buffet, and that got bears killed much more often than any unprovoked attacks on humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Lily and the other calves suddenly swarmed around Roz and nuzzled her legs.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown


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