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mooncalf

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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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moon·calf   (mōōn'kāf', -käf')   
n.  

  1. A fool.

  2. A freak.


[Earlier, unformed embryo (from the supposed influence of the moon).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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