heifer
noun
heif·er
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Definition of heifer
: a young cow
especially
: one that has not had a calf
Examples of heifer in a Sentence
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And that goes for whether the animal is a 6-pound Rhode Island Red hen or a 1,500-pound Holstein heifer. — Denise Coffey, courant.com, "Connecticut’s Fair Season Starts," 7 Aug. 2019 McKenzie has been to the fair multiple times for her own projects and currently has a beef commercial heifer, pigs and a market lamb. — Akira Kyles, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair continues educating future generations on agriculture," 29 July 2019 In the past three decades, the top four steer and heifer packers in our country have expanded their market share to 85%. — Cory Booker For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Cory Booker: A handful of companies make most of our food. We need to end big food mergers," 25 July 2019 Though he had once trained dolphins and sea lions, the idea of sidling up to a 900-pound heifer intimidated him somewhat. — New York Times, "Move Over Therapy Dogs. Hello, Therapy Cows.," 12 July 2019 As recently as 2006, the technology was new enough that only 1.5% of Holstein heifers were bred using sexed semen. — Chase Purdy, Quartz, "There’s still room to innovate in the cutting-edge cow semen business," 3 July 2019 This way, a single dose of bull semen could be used to impregnate a whole lot of heifers. — Maureen O'hagan, Scientific American, "From Two Bulls, Nine Million Dairy Cows," 20 June 2019 In 1964, a senior heifer from Graterford won first prize in her category. — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, "KFC, dinosaur prints, rock'n'roll: The stranger-than-fiction forgotten history of Graterford state prison," 30 May 2018 Bulls and heifers could be moved together for breeding, while animals could be kept out of environmentally sensitive areas. — Mike Cherney, WSJ, "The Next Big Thing in Agriculture: Smart Collars for Cows," 2 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'heifer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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heifer
noun
English Language Learners Definition of heifer
: a young female cow
especially
: one that has not had a calf
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heifer
noun
heif·er
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Kids Definition of heifer
: a young cow
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