mooncalf
Example Sentences
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The long-term effects of that mooncalf renaissance are impossible to gauge from here.
From Salon
Prince Bumpo, the heir to the throne, is a mooncalf who mistakes fairy tales for real life, speaks in Elizabethan periphrasis and murmurs to himself: “If only I were a white prince!”
From New York Times
He stared off into space with a dumb mooncalf look on his face that made you want to slap him.
From Literature
Then there are those beasts that, due to cleverness or innate shyness, avoid contact with Muggles at all costs—for instance, the unicorn, the Mooncalf and the centaur.
From Literature
Then there are the beasts - not just Niffler, but Bowtruckle, Erumpent, Murtlaf and Mooncalf, to name a few.
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
