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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.
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Origin:
1555–65; moon + calf1
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moon·calf   (mōōn'kāf', -käf')   
n.  

  1. A fool.

  2. A freak.


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