calf
IPA: kˈæf
noun
- A young cow or bull.
- Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
- A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- A small island, near a larger island.
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
- (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
- The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.