weanling

American  

[ween-ling] / ˈwin lɪŋ /

noun

1. a child or animal newly weaned.

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adjective

1. newly weaned.

weanling British  

/ ˈwiːnlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a child or young animal recently weaned

   2. ( as modifier )

      a weanling calf

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Etymology

Origin of weanling

First recorded in 1525–35; wean + -ling ¹

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Example Sentences

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weanling

When the weanling calves had reached 14 months and put on the required weight, Da decided it was time to sell them.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2018

But they had never before been to the winter sale, which included a mix of brood mares, weanling horses that were born earlier this year and some racing-age horses.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2017

Her third, a weanling filly, died in a paddock accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016

The previous record of $2.6 million for a weanling filly was set at Keeneland’s 2011 November sale by Besilu Stables.

From Forbes ● Nov. 6, 2014

What’s a wind to me?I can see up the street here, if they come—They do not come!—Oh! my poor weanling lambs—Struck dead by carrion ravens!What then, I have borne worse. 

From The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley

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