freemartin

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfriːˌmɑːtɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(frē′mär′tn)


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free•mar•tin  (frē′mär′tn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Animal Husbandrya 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.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1675–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
freemartin / ˈfriːˌmɑːtɪn/
  1. 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
Etymology: 17th Century: of uncertain origin

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