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yearling

[yeer-ling] / ˈjɪər lɪŋ /
NOUN
young animal
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Doak added that she and the other volunteers named the yearling "Cookie".

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

“What he did ... was pretty impressive to me,” Baffert said of the son of Not This Time who sold for $1.15 million as a yearling.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 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

The yearling would have barely made a sound as she trotted through brush and dry pine needles on an overgrown path that dropped into a steep canyon.

From National Geographic Aug. 25, 2023

When he was a yearling, the father had brought a fan to his boy’s room.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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