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veal

  [veel] ,
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–noun
1. Also, veal⋅er  [vee-ler] . a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
2. the flesh of the calf as used for food.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME ve(e)l < AF vel (OF veel, veal) < L vitellus, dim. of vitulus calf
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veal   (vēl)   
n.  
  1. The meat of a calf.
  2. also veal·er (vē'lər) A calf raised to be slaughtered for food.

[Middle English veel, from Old French, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus, calf; see wet-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Veal

Veal\, n.[OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See Wether, and cf. Vellum, Vituline.] The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.
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Language Translation for : veal
Spanish: ternera,
German: das Kalbfleisch,
Japanese: 子牛の肉
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veal 
c.1386, from Anglo-Fr. vel, from O.Fr. veel "a calf" (Fr. veau), earlier vedel, from L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus "calf," perhaps originally "yearling," if related, as some think, to Skt. vatsah "calf," lit. "yearling;" Goth. wiþrus, O.E. weðer (see wether; cf. also veteran).
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