How to Read Your Eyeglass Prescription. So youâve been handed a piece of paper by your optometrist or ophthalmologist with your eyeglass or contact lens prescription. Perhaps youâve been given these pieces of paper for many years. Itâs full of mysterious abbreviations, terms and numbers, and youâre curiousâ¦. Just what does it all mean? Understanding your eyeglass prescription takes a bit of work, but it can be interesting stuff. Many people are intrigued about what the magic formula their eye doctor has come up with actually says about their eyes.
The female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species which has been castrated is a steer, ox or bullock, although in North America this last term refers to a young bull, and in Australia to a draught animal.Usage of these terms varies considerably with area and dialect.he female counterpart to a bull is a cow, while a male of the species which has been castrated is a steer, ox or bullock, although in North America this last term refers to a young bull, and in Australia to a draught animal.
1 A Calf is a general term of a young bovine that has been born from a first-calf heifer or cow and has not been weaned or has not reached sexual or adult maturity yet.  Cows are mature female bovines that have had at least 2 calves. So, essentially, yes, the word cow specifically refers to one sex only: FEMALE. However, the term cow is used so often that it has lost it's specific meaning and to most people, it is a colloquial and ambiguous term that refers to all bovines, no matter what sex, age or breed they are. The more proper terms to call a bovine of unknown age or sex is a Cattle-Beast, Animal, Bovine, Critter, etc.