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Look up: heifer

  1. Heifer
    A female of the cattle species less than three years of age that has not borne a calf.
    Found on http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/aggu

  2. heifer
    A young female bovine.
    Found on http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/aggloss.ht

  3. Heifer
    A young female cow that has not yet had a calf.
    Found on http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2000/glossary

  4. Heifer
    A bovine female from birth (heifer calf) to calving herself. Sometimes used until she calves a second time but this is a confusion best avoided, e.g. second-calf heifer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. heifer
    [n] - young cow
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Heifer
    A young female cow of over 12 months old, which may or may not have had a calf.
    Found on http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/gl

  7. Heifer
    Heif'er noun [ Middle English hayfare , Anglo-Saxon heáhfore , heáfore ; the second part of this word seems akin to Anglo-Saxon fearr bull, ox; akin to Old High German farro , German farre , Dutch vaars
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/27

  8. heifer
    <zoology> A young cow. ... Origin: OE. Hayfare, AS. Heahfore, heafore; the second part of this word seems akin to AS. Fearr bull, ox; akin to OHG. Farro, G. Farre, D. Vaars, heifer, G. Farse, and perh. To Gr, calf, heifer. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. heifer
    noun young cow
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Heifer
    • (n.) A young cow.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. heifer
    (from the article `cattle`) ...the sex and age of cattle, the male is first a bull calf and if left intact becomes a bull; if castrated he becomes a steer and in about two or ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/31

  12. Heifer
    Heifer is American and Australian slang for a young woman.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Heifer
    Heifer is American and Australian slang for a young woman.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Heifer
    A bovine female less than three years of age who has not borne a calf. Young cows with their first calves are often called first-calf heifers.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/dai

  15. Heifer
    A young female cow. A maiden heifer has not yet had a calf.
    Found on http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/shared/glos

  16. Heifer
    A female bovine that has not produced a calf and is under 42 months of age. (See also 'grown heifer').
    Found on http://www.mla.com.au/general/glossary



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