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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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