Freemartin
[free-mahr-tn] /ˈfriˌmɑr tn/
noun
1.
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.
/ˈfriːˌmɑːtɪn/
noun
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
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