n., pl. calves (kăvz, kävz).

1. 1. A young cow or bull.
   2. The young of certain other mammals, such as the elephant or whale.
2. Calfskin leather.
3. A large floating chunk of ice split off from a glacier, iceberg, or floe.
4. An awkward, callow youth.

[Middle English, from Old English cealf.]

calf² (kăf, käf)
n., pl. calves (kăvz, kävz).

The fleshy muscular back part of the human leg between the knee and ankle.

[Middle English, from Old Norse kālfi; possibly akin to CALF¹ (from its shape).]

Region at the back of the lower leg formed mainly of the skin-covered soleus and gastrocnemius muscles.

1. bovine young less than one year old.
2. young of other species including elephant, larger deer, e.g. red, Japanese sika, wapiti, elk, moose, reindeer, and also pinnipeds and cetaceans.
3. in dogs refers to the region of the hindlimb between the stifle and the hock.

• bull c. — male entire bovine under one year of age.
• c. crop — the group of calves born to a herd of cows during one breeding season.
• c. crop percentage — the percentage of calves born to the cows bred or exposed to breeding bulls.
• c. diarrhea — see calf scours.
• fetal c. — includes unborn and stillborn calves. Can be identified by the presence of atelectasis of the entire lungs, patency of the umbilical vessels which also contain unclotted blood, sodden quality of the skin, high water and nil fat content of the tissues, absence of milk from the gut. Called also slink. See also slink calves.
• c. puller — see fetal extractor.
• c. starter — artificial feeding of calves includes liquid milk replacer and dry calf starter, the latter being provided from about one week of age. At 3 to 6 weeks the calf is able to exist solely on starter and the milk replacer or milk can be discontinued. Calf starters vary a great deal in composition, quality and price. They need to have a high digestibility coefficient, a high energy content and at least 18% crude protein.
• with c. — a pregnant cow.

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IN BRIEF: The back of the leg between the knee and the ankle. Also: The young of cows, whales, seals and elephants.

Her sock was cutting into her calf.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kalv, unge, lille ø, isbjerg, læg

2.
n. - læg

Nederlands (Dutch)
kuit, kalf, kalfsleer, sul, afgezakt deel van ijsschots

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Zool) veau, faon, buffetin, éléphanteau, baleineau, vachette (de cuir)

2.
n. - (Anat) mollet

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kalb, treibende Eisscholle

2.
n. - Wade

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μόσχος, μοσχάρι, λείο κατεργασμένο δέρμα μοσχαριού, βιδέλο, (ανατ.) κνήμη, γάμπα

Italiano (Italian)
polpaccio, vitello, cucciolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bezerro (m), panturrilha (f)

Русский (Russian)
икра, теленок

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - pantorrilla

2.
n. - ternero, becerro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kalv, unge, kalvskinn, vad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 小牛, 小牛皮, 仔

2. 笨笨的年轻人

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小牛, 小牛皮, 仔

2.
n. - 笨笨的年輕人

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 송아지, 바보, 얼음 덩어리

2.
n. - 장딴지, 종아리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 子牛, 子, 子牛の皮, ふくらはぎ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بطن الساق, عجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עגל, סובך, עור-עגל, פילון, גור חיה‬
n. - ‮בשר השוק של אדם‬

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