mooncalves

 [moon-kaf, -kahf]  

moon·calf

   [moon-kaf, -kahf]
noun, plural moon·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 + calf1
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