weanling

[ween-ling]

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noun

a child or animal newly weaned.

adjective

newly weaned.

Origin of weanling

First recorded in 1525–35; wean + -ling¹

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She had known that colt from a weanling and to her he had not been an animal, but a personality.
Destiny
Charles Neville Buck
The Rani proposed that there might be another performance on the occasion of the first-rice ceremony of the ‘royal’ weanling.
Mashi and Other Stories
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British Dictionary definitions for weanling

weanling

noun

1. a child or young animal recently weaned
2. (as modifier)a weanling calf

Word Origin

C16: from wean 1 + -ling 1

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Examples from the Web for weanling

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She had known that colt from a weanling and to her he had not been an animal, but a personality.

The Rani proposed that there might be another performance on the occasion of the first-rice ceremony of the ‘royal’ weanling.

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