Just a cow.
A cow
An Orphaned Calf
An adult female that has had a calf is a cow.A young female before she has had a calf and is under three years of age is called a heifer.
cowboy
Most often a calf's mother is referred to as the dam of the calf, or more commonly, a cow. If it's a heifer that has had a calf for the first time, some folks like to call her a first-calf heifer.
Cowboy.
There are two syllables in the word cow boy. cowboy
a cowboy hat and a plush cow and some cheap boots
The cast of Cow-Cow Boogie - 1943 includes: King Jackson as Singing Cowboy on Donkey
branding
A cow puncher is basically the same as a cowboy, a person that works with cattle. Before the 20th century the cowboy's job was herding, feeding, branding of cattle usually on a ranch or farm.
The mother cow would be called the dam.