Meaning Of The Word Freemartin

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freemartin in American English
an imperfectly developed female calf, usually sterile, born as the twin of a male
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 in British English
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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