heifer
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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
Female heifer cows who haven’t birthed new calves are part of that culling, USA Today reports, meaning that there will be fewer beef cows available for slaughter in the next year or so.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022
Back home, he rose before the sun that Saturday to help his daughter load a 1,000-pound heifer named Iris into a cattle trailer.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
She said the heifer was very pretty and would Zeus please make her a present of it.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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