A young cow or bull. / Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

(anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee. / The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

(nonstandard) plural of calf

(Old Testament) A golden image of a calf, made by Aaron and worshipped by the Israelites. / (by extension) Money as an end in itself; mammon.

Alternative spelling of sea calf, Phoca vitulina.

(obsolete) The common seal, Phoca vitulina.

(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the fibula.

plural of calf bone

puppy love

A young heifer or bull which has been orphaned or abandoned; it must therefore be adopted by another cow, steal milk, or be bottle-fed in order to survive, and is therefore often a runt.