FREEMARTIN

Etymology

Noun

freemartin (plural freemartins)

A female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).

Any female animal born sterile or otherwise infertile.

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Source: Wiktionary


Free"-mar`tin, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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