Calf Explained

Calf (: calves) most often refers to:

• Calf (animal), the young of domestic cattle.
• Calf (leg), in humans (and other primates), the back portion of the lower leg

Calf or calves may also refer to:

Biology and animal byproducts

• Veal, meat from calves
• Calfskin, leather
• Vellum, calf hide processed as a writing material
• Calf-binding, a leather book binding

Geography

• The Calf, a peak in the Yorkshire Dales, UK
  • Calf, an island off Newfoundland; see Bull, Cow and Calf Calf, the product of Ice calving
• Calves, Portugal, a hamlet in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

People

• Anthony Calf

Other

• CALF, the Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter project
• Calf, short for calfdozer, a type of small bulldozer
• Calf, part of an early type of internal combustion engine seen in the Ascot (1904 automobile)

See also

• • List of animal names, for animals whose young are called "calves"
• Crus, the entire lower leg
• Calve (disambiguation)
• Calving (disambiguation)
• Calf Island (disambiguation)
• Golden calf, idol described in the Bible
• Cow–calf, a set of switcher-type locomotives
• Calf, a small island near a larger one; see
• Ilkley Moor, site of Cow and Calf Rocks