year-old animal (noun)

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• year|ling — «YIHR lihng, YUR », noun, adjective. –n. 1. an animal one year old: »Rustlers work in late fall and winter to pick up yearlings missed by the branding iron at roundup (Newsweek). 2. a race horse in the second calendar year since it was foaled. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• old — /oʊld / (say ohld) adjective (older or elder, oldest or eldest) 1. far advanced in years or life. 2. of or relating to a long life or persons advanced in years: to live to a good old age. 3. having the appearance or characteristics of advanced… …  

• old — adjective (older, oldest) 1》 having lived for a long time; no longer young.     ↘made or built long ago.     ↘possessed or used for a long time. 2》 former; previous. 3》 long established or known: old friends. 4》 of a specified age.     ↘[as noun] …   English new terms dictionary

• year·ling — /ˈjiɚlıŋ/ noun, pl lings [count] : an animal (such as a horse) that is between one and two years old yearling adj yearling calves …   Useful english dictionary

• yearling — noun Date: 15th century one that is a year old: as a. an animal one year old or in the second year of its age b. a racehorse between January 1 of the year after the year in which it was foaled and the next January 1 • yearling adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• yearling — noun an animal of a year old, or in its second year. ↘a racehorse in the calendar year after its year of foaling. adjective 1》 having lived or existed for a year. 2》 Finance denoting a bond which is redeemable after one year …   English new terms dictionary

• pullet — noun Etymology: Middle English polet, from Anglo French pullet young bird, chicken, diminutive of pulle, poule young animal, from Late Latin pullus, from Latin, young animal, chicken, sprout more at foal Date: 14th century a young hen;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• yearling — noun a) an animal that is between one and two years old b) a racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st <! I think …   Wiktionary

• pullet — noun a young hen, especially one less than one year old. Origin ME: from OFr. poulet, dimin. of poule, from the feminine of L. pullus chicken, young animal …   English new terms dictionary

• Mantophasmatodea — noun an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region • Syn: ↑order mantophasmatodea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• order mantophasmatodea — noun an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region • Syn: ↑Mantophasmatodea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary