heifer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A young female cow that has not yet had a calf.

   The farmer kept the young heifers in a separate field.

Inherited from Middle English heyfre, hayfre, heyfer, from Old English hēahfore, hēahfru, of disputed origin; see the Old English entry for more discussion.

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