heifer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heifer
First recorded before 900; Middle English hayfre, heighfer, Old English hēa(h)f(o)re; of uncertain origin; perhaps equivalent to hēah “high” + -fore (perhaps akin to Greek póris “heifer”); high ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
Under strict circumstances in England - but not in Wales - the slaughter process can be delayed if a cow or heifer is in the last 60 days of pregnancy.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023
She paid her way through college by raising and selling a herd of eight milk cows, yearlings and heifer calves.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2022
He would come upon a heifer when he left Delphi, Apollo said; he was to follow her and build his city at the spot where she lay down to rest.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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