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Word entry · 8 letters

yearling

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"young animal"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈjɜː.lɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted aegilnryStarts with YEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an animal in its second year

Word origin

From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).

Used in a sentence

  • a yearling lamb
  • Tom Fettig and his wife, Kim, were there with 60 yearlings, about half of a herd they were helping their son raise on the outskirts of Bismarck.
  • "But is a plebe forbidden to stroll here?" "If a plebe did have the brass to try it," replied Anstey slowly, "I reckon he would have to fight the whole yearling class in turn."

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