n. The young of the cow or of other bovine quadrupeds.n. The young of marine mammals, as seals and cetaceans, the adults of which are called bulls and cows.n. In heraldry, a fawn.n. Calfskin leather: as, a shoe made of calf; a book bound in calf.n. A bookbinding in calfskin.n. An immature or raw person; a silly dolt; a weak or cowardly man.n. A small island lying near a large one (the two being compared to a cow with its calf): as, the calf of Man.n. A mass of earth which separates from the walls of a cutting or excavation, and falls in. Compare calve, 3, and cave.n. Nautical, a mass of floe-ice, breaking from under the floe and rising to the surface of the water, often with violence.n. The thick fleshy part of the human leg behind, between the knee and the ankle, chiefly formed by the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, which are relatively larger in man than in any other animal, for the better support of the body in the erect attitude.n. The part of a stocking which covers the calf of the leg.