calf
English Thesaurus
1. young of domestic cattle (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | young mammal, |
definition | : | any immature mammal (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | dogie, dogy, leppy, |
definition | : | motherless calf in a range herd of cattle (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | maverick, |
definition | : | an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it (noun.animal) |
part holonym | : | veal, veau, |
definition | : | meat from a calf (noun.food) |
member meronym | : | bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen, |
definition | : | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age (noun.animal) |
2. young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | young mammal, |
definition | : | any immature mammal (noun.animal) |
3. the muscular back part of the shank (noun.body)
hypernym | : | skeletal muscle, striated muscle, |
definition | : | a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | mid-calf, |
definition | : | the middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle, |
definition | : | the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | soleus, soleus muscle, |
definition | : | a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | shank, |
definition | : | the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle (noun.body) |
4. fine leather from the skin of a calf (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | leather, |
definition | : | an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | box calf, |
definition | : | black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts (noun.substance) |
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