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mooncalf

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moon⋅calf

[moon-kaf, -kahf]
–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
moon·calf   (mōōn'kāf', -käf')   
n.  
  1. A fool.
  2. A freak.

[Earlier, unformed embryo (from the supposed influence of the moon).]

Mooncalf

Moon"calf`\, n. 1. A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.

2. A dolt; a stupid fellow. --Dryden.
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