mid-calf vs calf

mid-calf and calf both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mid-calf	Yes	No	No	No
calf	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, calf is a hypernym of mid-calf; that is, calf is a word with a broader meaning than mid-calf:

Other hypernyms of mid-calf include sura.

mid-calf (noun)	calf (noun)
the middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle	young of domestic cattle
	young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
	the muscular back part of the shank
	fine leather from the skin of a calf