A calf.
The cattle were lowing [MOOING ] , the poor Baby wakes...
The cattle were lowing [MOOING ] , the poor Baby wakes...
The name that is applied to meat that comes from a cattle that is over one year old is "beef."
No. Baby mammals of some species (elk, elephants, whales, moose, cattle, etc.) are called calves. The mature females are called cows.
A baby bird is a chick. Baby antelope, bison, camel, cattle and elephant are called a calf. A male baby horse is a colt.
A group of cattle is called a herd.
Oh, dude, a baby calf is called a... wait for it... a calf! Yeah, it's not like they get a whole new name just because they're babies. It's like calling a baby human a... well, a baby. So, yeah, calf it is.
When a female has her second calf (baby), she will then be called a Cow. The word cattle is speaking of bovine as a whole, including babies, females and males.
Mother cattle are often referred to as "momma cows," "mother cows," "cows," "momma," etc. Depends on the producer, really.
The cattle lowed to wake the poor baby in the Christmas carol "Away in a Manger."
A young male bovine is called a bull-calf. If he's a yearling he's called a yearling bull. If he has been castrated right after birth he is called a steer-calf. Upon being weaned and reaching one year of age he is called a steer. A young female bovine is called a heifer-calf. After she's weaned she's known as a heifer. At around one year of age she is commonly called a yearling heifer.
Calf