unweaned calf
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- The farmer inspected each unweaned calf to ensure they were healthy and gaining weight.
Examples
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Raising an unweaned calf requires feeding it with milk replacer several times a day.
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An unweaned calf depends entirely on its mother's milk.
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After a few months, the unweaned calf will be ready to transition to solid food.
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The farmer has an unweaned calf on the farm.
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An unweaned calf depends entirely on its mother's milk for nutrition and growth.
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Raising an unweaned calf requires careful monitoring of its milk intake to ensure proper health.
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The veterinarian examined the unweaned calf to check that it was getting enough milk from its mother.
Synonyms
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A young cow or bull still fed with its mother's milk
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A baby or young animal that still drinks its mother's milk
A calf that still drinks milk from its mother
A young animal that drinks milk from its mother
How Weaned
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'unweaned calf' is directly and compositionally derived from 'unweaned' (not yet weaned / still nursing) + 'calf' (baby cow), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common noun phrase structure (adjective + noun) and therefore readily transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Unweaned calf paints a simple picture: a young calf still drinking from its mother because it is unweaned. Here unweaned means not yet 'weaned' and not yet eating solid food, so the phrase refers to a baby cow that still needs milk.