moon calf
{a name given to a foetus which is not completely formed, dead or deformed and is sent out of the mother, usually of cows, and sometimes of women, used mostly in former times} ( ‘foetus’ = the baby that is growing in the bag-like part inside a female, mammal, called ‘womb’)
a monster : any animal or animal-like creature (= living being) that is very huge, unusual, ugly, frightening, cruel, harmful, usually with animal and human body parts, imaginary, legendary or mentioned in the mythology
Figures of Speech:
moon calf (noun) = a born fool; an idiot by birth; an incompetent person
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