🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

animal de um ano

Pronunciation / Transliteration: animal de um ano

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yearling/ˈjɪr.lɪŋ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O yearling foi levado para o leilão de primavera."

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As noun
  1. 1

    An animal, especially a domestic mammal such as a horse, sheep, or calf, that is between one and two years old.

    "The promising yearling was led around the paddock before the thoroughbred auction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'gēarling', combining 'gēar' (year) with the diminutive or descriptive suffix '-ling'. Historically developed in agricultural and equestrian contexts to designate an animal that is between one and two years old.

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