Calf most often refers to:
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Calf (animal)
A calf ( : calves) is a young domestic cow or bull. Calves are reared to become adult cattle or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and hide.
The term ''calf'' is also used for some other species. See " Other animals" below.
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, the young of domestic cattle.
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Calf (leg)
The calf ( : calves; Latin: ''sura'') is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy. The muscles within the calf correspond to the posterior compartment of the leg. The two largest muscles within this compartment are known together as the ...
, in humans (and other primates), the back portion of the lower leg
Calf or calves may also refer to:
Biology and animal byproducts
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Veal, meat from calves
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Calfskin, leather
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Vellum
Vellum is prepared animal skin or membrane, typically used as writing material. Parchment is another term for this material, from which vellum is sometimes distinguished, when it is made from calfskin, as opposed to that made from other anim ...
, calf hide processed as a writing material
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Calf-binding, a leather book binding
Geography
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The Calf, a peak in the Yorkshire Dales, UK
*Calf, an island off Newfoundland; see
Bull, Cow and Calf
*Calf, the product of
Ice calving
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Calves, Portugal, a hamlet in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
People
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Anthony Calf
Anthony Calf (born 4 May 1959) is an English actor. He studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He has recurring roles in the television medical drama ''Holby City'', as Michael Beauchamp, and ''New Tricks'' as D ...
Other
*CALF, the Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter project resulting in the
Boeing X-32
*Calf, short for
calfdozer, a type of small bulldozer
*Calf, part of an early type of internal combustion engine seen in the
Ascot (1904 automobile)
The 1904 Ascot was an English automobile manufactured for one year only; its 3½ hp engine was equipped with a "patented method for mechanically controlling valves, doing away with useless pinions and calves."
It had no connection with the 192 ...
See also
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List of animal names, for animals whose young are called "calves"
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Crus Crus can refer to:
*''Crus'', a subgenus of the fly genus '' Metopochetus''
*Crus (lower leg)
*Crus, a plural of Cru (wine)
*CRUs, an abbreviation of Civil Resettlement Units
* Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer Universitäten (CRUS; English: Recto ...
, the entire lower leg
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Calve (disambiguation) Calve can refer to:
*Calving (disambiguation)
*Calve Island, Scotland
Surname
*Emma Calvé
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic soprano.
Calvé was probably the most famous French femal ...
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Calving (disambiguation)
Calving may refer to:
*Calving, the process of giving birth to a calf
*Ice calving
Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier.Essentials of Geology, 3rd edition, Stephen ...
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Calf Island (disambiguation) Calf Island may refer to:
* Calf Island (Connecticut)
* Calf Island (Massachusetts)
* Calf Island (Michigan)
* Calf Island (New York), near Galloo Island
See also
* Calf of Man
* Calf of Eday
* Calf of Flotta
The Calf of Flotta is a small ...
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Golden calf, idol described in the Bible
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Cow-calf, a set of switcher-type locomotives
*Calf, a small island near a larger one; see
:Calves (islands)
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Ilkley Moor, site of Cow and Calf Rocks
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