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calving
(redirected from calving season)

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calve  (kv, käv)
v. calved, calv·ing, calves
v.intr.
1. To give birth to a calf.
2. To break at an edge, so that a portion separates. Used of a glacier or iceberg.
v.tr.
1. To give birth to (a calf).
2. To set loose (a mass of ice). Used of a glacier or iceberg.

[Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, from calf, calf.]
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Noun1.calving - giving birth to a calf
birthing, giving birth, parturition, birth - the process of giving birth
Translations
calving [ˈkɑːvɪŋ] nparto (di bovini)


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Fewer caribou calves are surviving because their mothers have been unable to adjust the calving season to changes in plant growth and are not getting enough to eat.
Decisions will need to be made ahead of this autumn's calving season to make sure any pre-1996 are not put back in calf as there is a risk they could still have a calf at foot or be in calf as the scheme finishes.
Calving season is between August and September and the whale population peaks in October.
 
 
 
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