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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
The male is a bull. The offspring of both sexes are called calves.
Cows gots 'em them milky things. 
EDIT: HT, don't try milking the bulls!
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General usage of language rarely cares for prescriptive absolutes of definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle#Singular_terminology_dilemma
Cheers,
Marc