YEARLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yearling mean? 

• YEARLING (noun)
  The noun YEARLING has 3 senses:

1. a young child

2. a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth

3. an animal in its second year

  Familiarity information: YEARLING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YEARLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bambino; toddler; tot; yearling

Hypernyms ("yearling" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("yearling" is a kind of...):

bangtail; race horse; racehorse (a horse bred for racing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An animal in its second year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("yearling" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

 Context examples 

Though a long way from his full growth, White Fang, next to Lip-lip, was the largest yearling in the village.

(White Fang, by Jack London)