"yearling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yearlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yerling}} Middle English yerling, {{m|enm|yerlyng}} yerlyng, {{suffix|en|year|ling}} year + -ling, {{cog|nl|jaarling|t=yearling}} Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), {{cog|de|Jährling|t=yearling}} German Jährling (“yearling”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yearling (plural yearlings)
  1. An animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old). Translations (one-year-old animal): aneyu [masculine] (Asturian), primal [masculine] (Catalan), primala [feminine] (Catalan), åring [common-gender] (Danish), jaarling [masculine] (Dutch), anello [masculine] (Galician), ერთი წლის ცხოველი (erti c̣lis cxoveli) (Georgian), Jährling [masculine] (German), athrón (english: seal) [masculine] (Irish), colann (english: calf) [feminine] (Irish), colpach (heifer or bullock) [feminine] (Irish), dairt (heifer) [feminine] (Irish), fóisc (ewe) [feminine] (Irish), го́динак (gódinak) [masculine] (Macedonian), годи́наче (godínače) [neuter] (Macedonian), ettåring [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), åring [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eittåring [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), åring [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), vetlide [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), roczniak [masculine] (Polish), anelho [masculine] (Portuguese), añojo (english: bull) [masculine] (Spanish), primal (english: sheep, goat) [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ettåring [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yearling-en-noun-g~XVEacX Disambiguation of 'one-year-old animal': 70 11 19
  2. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
    Sense id: en-yearling-en-noun-3~4yoE2U
  3. (US) A sophomore at West Point military academy. Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Horse racing Synonyms: yuck [slang]
    Sense id: en-yearling-en-noun-LK8hD8Xy Disambiguation of Baby animals: 12 19 69 Disambiguation of Horse racing: 3 23 74 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 37 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 25 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 4 15 81

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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "åring"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vetlide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roczniak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "bull",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "añojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "sheep, goat",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "primal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one-year-old animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ettåring"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yearling"
}

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