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Yearling

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Noun

1. bambino, toddler, tot, yearling

a young child

2. yearling

a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth

3. yearling

an animal in its second year

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Yearling

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noun
1. 
the young of any of various animals, including the antelope and buffalo, between one and two years of age
2. 
a thoroughbred racehorse counted for racing purposes as being one year old until the second Jan 1 following its birth
3. 
a. 
a bond that is intended to mature after one year
b. 
(as modifier)
yearling bonds
adjective
4. 
being a year old

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Yearling

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noun
1. 
an animal one year old or in its second year
2.  Horse Racing
a horse one year old: all thoroughbreds' birthdays are arbitrarily set at January 1, at which time a foal born on any date of the preceding year is reckoned one year old
adjective
3. 
being a year old

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Yearling

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n.
1. An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
2. A racehorse that is one year old, dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled in the Northern Hemisphere, and from July 1 or August 1 in the Southern Hemisphere.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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