fatling

[ fat-ling ]

noun
  1. a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.

Origin of fatling

1
First recorded in 1520–30; fat + -ling1

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British Dictionary definitions for fatling

fatling

/ (ˈfætlɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a young farm animal fattened for killing

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