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yearling

[yeer-ling] / ˈjɪər lɪŋ /
NOUN
young animal
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About half a dozen volunteers responded to the appeal and brought blankets and warm water for the yearling.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

When Flag is on the verge of becoming a yearling, Jody’s father says, “He’ll be like a person standin’ on the state line.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Eclipse bought 11 horses during what would be Journalism’s yearling crop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2025

Washington’s first known wolf death by cougars, in 2013, was an underweight yearling female traveling on a ridgeline in the Cascade Mountains.

From National Geographic Aug. 25, 2023

“How would a woman’s arrow kill a yearling impala?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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