heifer
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪfər/
:
novilla
- Introducing the winning heifer of Tampa, FL's Cow competition.
- dairy heifers
- heifer calves
- heifers fed
I do check profiles for astrological compatibility because I have found that some heifers don't pasture well with this bull.
- I do check profiles for astrological compatibility because I have found that some heifers don't pasture well with this bull.
- During that time you have also Jerusalem, the rabbi's that are going to sacrifice the red heifer.
Examples
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Samuel closed the pasture gate after letting out the heifers and walked toward the main house.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Well, yesterday your uncle had a chance to sell the heifer to old man Nichols, the horse-and-cattle dealer, for $200.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dad could put the heifers in instead of selling them.
Fiction book (1998) -
He said you had taken a heifer and some livestock.
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Your uncle figured that the best place for this heifer would be the shed where your trailer was stored.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Your dad was going to haul the heifers to auction tomorrow.
Fiction book (1998) -
A couple of weeks back, he said, a rancher down near Augusta had two heifers taken.
Fiction book (1995) -
But you take a two-year-old heifer that's carrying a calf.
Fiction book (1998) -
The inventories of cattle and calves, beef cows, heifers and heifer calves, and steers all increased slightly over the five-year period.
Academic text (2000) -
The farmer decided to keep the young heifer separate from the older cows for better care.
Synonyms
A young female cow that has not had a calf
Compounds
How Productive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heifer comes from an old English word that meant 'young cow', so a heifer today is a young female cow that has not yet had a calf.