A calf.
The cattle were lowing [MOOING ] , the poor Baby wakes...
No. Baby mammals of some species (elk, elephants, whales, moose, cattle, etc.) are called calves. The mature females are called cows.
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."
A baby bird is a chick. Baby antelope, bison, camel, cattle and elephant are called a calf. A male baby horse is a colt.
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.
Mother cattle are often referred to as "momma cows," "mother cows," "cows," "momma," etc. Depends on the producer, really.
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.
A group of cattle is called a herd.
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.
The cattle lowed to wake the poor baby in the Christmas carol "Away in a Manger."
The baby giraffe is called a calf. As to propose that the male giraffe is called a bull and the female giraffe is called a cow. It is like the cow family. Ha ha ha!