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heifer

[hef-er] / ˈhɛf ər /


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He had already lost a heifer with weak lungs and feared future reproductive problems.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The heifer has now been returned home, and is said to be "fit and well".

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024

His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Boyle Reservoir, a black heifer lying on her side in the dusty brown earth heaved a tiny head sticky with amniotic fluid from her birth canal.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

She had shown a perfect flair for dress, for comic hats which made her look like a tipsy heifer.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The bull and three heifers arrived fit and healthy at Calcourt Farms in Wernllwyd, Powys.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

Its technology also detects when heifers are in heat and ready for insemination, bolstering the chances of reproduction.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Pa would not kill either of his calves, because they were heifers and would grow into cows.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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