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Young animal to intimidate California female (3-4)

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I believe the answer is:

cow-calf

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'young animal' is the definition.
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'intimidate california female' is the wordplay.
'intimidate' becomes 'cow' (cow can mean to bully or intimidate).
'california' becomes 'cal' (short for California).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'cow'+'cal'+'f'='COW-CALF'

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