Editing Calf (animal) (section)

== Terminology ==
[[File:Cow_giving_birth,_in_Laos_(step_by_step).jpg|thumb|Calving (step by step)]]<!-- "Poddy calf" redirects to this section heading. If this heading changes please also change the redirect to reflect this. TIA. -->

"Calf" is the term used from birth to [[weaning]], when it becomes known as a ''[[weaner]]'' or ''weaner calf'', though in some areas the term "calf" may be used until the animal is a [[wiktionary:yearling|yearling]]. The birth of a calf is known as ''calving''. A calf that has lost its mother is an orphan calf, also known as a ''poddy'' or ''poddy-calf'' in British. ''Bobby calves'' are young calves which are to be slaughtered for human consumption.<ref name="Mac">{{cite book |title=The Macquarie Dictionary |publisher=Macquarie Library |year=1991 |location=North Ryde}}</ref> A ''vealer'' is a calf weighing less than about {{Convert|330|kg|lb|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} which is at about eight to nine months of age.<ref>The Land, Rural Press, North Richmond, NSW, 7 August 2008</ref> A young female calf from birth until she has had a calf of her own is called a ''heifer''<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Definition of heifer |dictionary=Merriam-Webster |url=http://webster.com/dictionary/heifer |access-date=2006-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202111216/http://www.webster.com/dictionary/heifer |archive-date=2008-12-02}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɛ|f|ər}}). In the [[American Old West]], a motherless or small, runty calf was sometimes referred to as a dodie<!--can someone do IPA for that?-->.<ref>[[iarchive:dictionaryofamer01arie/page/114|<!-- quote=dodie calf. --> Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, and  Joan Houston Hall.  ''Dictionary of American Regional English'']]. {{ISBN|0-674-20511-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-674-20511-6}} Referenced via Internet Archive June 4, 2009</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2022|reason=can't find the word in the referenced dictionary}}