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moon⋅calf

  [moon-kaf, -kahf]
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–noun, plural -calves.
1. a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
2. a foolish person.
3. a person who spends time idly daydreaming.
Origin:
1555–65; moon + calf 1
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Word Origin & History

moon-calf 
"abortive, shapeless, fleshy mass," 1565, attributed to the influence of the moon. Later 16c., "deformed creature, monster."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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