calveverb [ I ]
uk/kɑːv/us/kæv/When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf (= a young cow):
Four cows calved overnight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal reproduction
- asexual
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryology
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- fetus
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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