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freemartin
[ free-mahr-tn ]
noun
- a female calf that is born as a twin with a male and is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones produced by the male.
freemartin
/ 藞蹿谤颈藧藢尘蓱藧迟瑟苍 /
noun
- the female of a pair of twin calves of unlike sex that is imperfectly developed and sterile, probably due to the influence of the male hormones of its twin during development in the uterus
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of freemartin1
First recorded in 1675鈥85; origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of freemartin1
C17: of uncertain origin
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"Hmm. Now thens. Do you know where His Vastness the Freemartin Muskish is?"
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鈥淎 heifer born with a twin bull is called a 鈥榝reemartin鈥 and about 95 percent of the time she is infertile,鈥 she said.
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鈥淢ost of our girls are freemartins, of course. I鈥檓 a freemartin myself.鈥
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鈥淵ou can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son鈥檚 mistress. 鈥楾he wheel has come full circle; I am here.鈥
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Freemartin, fr膿鈥瞞ar-tin, n. a cow-calf born as a twin with a bull-calf, usually barren.
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