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bum calves

bum calves is the plural of bum calf.

Meaning of bum calf

Noun

bum calf (plural bum calves)

  1. A young heifer or bull which has been orphaned or abandoned; it must be adopted by another cow, steal milk, or be bottle-fed in order to survive, and is therefore often a runt.
    • At the start of calving season, there was another bum calf, Ferdinand, whose mother had abandoned him.2005, Lynn Parr, Cowgirl: A Home on the Wyoming Range, page 149
    Synonyms:
    bummer, dogie, leppy

Questions about bum calves

What is bum calves the plural of?
Bum calves is the plural of bum calf.

Words near bum calves in the dictionary

  1. bum boys
  2. bum bum
  3. bum burp
  4. bum burps
  5. bum calf
  6. bum calves
  7. bum cheeks
  8. bum chin
  9. bum chins
  10. bum chum
  11. bum chums

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