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"heifer" is a cow that has not borne a calf, or has borne only one calf. Cows are female and the male is therefore a bull.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 9y agoHeifer is the name for a female cattle. The closest opposite word would be bull, the name for a male cattle.
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∙ 9y agoIn English there are no masculine or feminine forms for heifer. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
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∙ 11y agoThe word heifer refers to a young female cow. The term is used when referring to a female cow that has not yet given birth to a baby cow, also known as a calf.
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∙ 13y agoA young bull.
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What is a feminine of calf?
The feminine of a calf is just called a calf. When the calf grows up, she will be called a cow.
What is the average weight of a longhorn heifer?
That all depends on the age of the heifer. The older the heifer, the heavier she'll be.
What is a long bred heifer?
A heifer is a female bovine that has not yet had its first calf. A long bred heifer is a heifer well along in the gestation period and due to calve shortly.
Are twin heifer calves born infertile?
No. Only a heifer calf twinned to a bull calf will be infertile, not twin heifer calves.
What are characteristics of a good heifer?
Characteristics of a good heifer include a level top, smooth, long muscle, and a trim middle. The heifer should also have a long, wide, loin.
What is the feminine name of cattle?
Cow, first-calf heifer, bred heifer, heifer, heifer calf or spayed heifer. See the related question below.
Is a heifer masculine or feminine?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.The noun for a female is sow; the noun for a male is a boar.The gender specific nouns, boar and sow, are used for:badgersbearsboarsguinea pigshedgehogshogspandaspigsprairie dogsraccoons
What is the feminine form of steer?
i think the opposite gender of a steer is a heifer
Is heifer masculine or feminine?
In the English language there are no masculine nor feminine forms. There are only gender-specific nouns for male or female animals. Heifer is a female noun for cattle (or bovines), specifically cattle or a bovine that is young and never gave birth to a calf.
Is heifer a masculine?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. The noun heifer is a word for a female, a cow over one year of age that has not yet produced a calf.
What is the feminine of bullock?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female, such as male and female. Since a bullock can refer to both a steer and a young bull, the female counterpart of a young bull would be a heifer. But for a steer, that would be a spayed heifer.
What is the opposite of heifer?
Opposite gender of heifer (female) is bull (male).
What is a feminine of calf?
The feminine of a calf is just called a calf. When the calf grows up, she will be called a cow.
What do you call a heifer that is also a twin?
You could call it a heifer, or a twin heifer if the sibling is also a heifer, or a freemartin if the heifer's sib is a bull calf.
What is an open heifer?
An unpregnant heifer.
What is a gender of a heifer?
The gender of a heifer is female.
What is a springing heifer?
A springing heifer is a heifer who is within a few weeks of delivering her first calf.
