heifer
a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
Origin of heifer
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How to use heifer in a sentence
Wendy spent the engagement clinically inseminating prize heifers and anticipating an entire life of the same.
"You and Chuck go home and make a baby and name it Lyndon and I'll give you a heifer," Johnson had said.
When ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper tried to ask you some questions, you said you were “going to meet a heifer first.”
Egypt is like a fair and beautiful heifer: there shall come from the north one that shall goad her.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousMoreover, they almost invariably bear heifer calves, so that the flock increases rapidly.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur
I will make Smoker seize the heifer if necessary; at all events, he will keep her at bay—that is, if she is here.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain MarryatThey advanced cautiously into the thicket, following the track of the heifer, and at last came upon her.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain MarryatThe calf became quite tame, and as the heifer perceived that the calf was quiet, she became more quiet herself.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for heifer
/ (ˈhɛfə) /
a young cow
Origin of heifer
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