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yearling

[yeer-ling] / ˈyɪər lɪŋ /
NOUN
young animal
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Example Sentences

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“They’ve just been tearing into our baby calves, mostly our yearlings.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

She added that because only adults were collared, “kids and yearlings may have been underrepresented.”

From New York Times

BUTLER, Pa. — A woman was injured in a bear attack while letting her dog outside, and Pennsylvania game commission employees killed the mother bear and tranquilized her three yearling cubs, authorities said.

From Seattle Times

His message to the students, known as yearlings, was simple: Their loyalty is “not about particular candidates. It’s not a particular person or personality that occupies these positions. It’s about the Constitution.”

From Seattle Times