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# yearling

noun (plural yearlings)

«yearling» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#m1)

### In the lessons

in animal stories, a young creature that is no longer a baby; «yearling seals» are young seals

### Examples

- The farmer sold a yearling calf at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#x1)
- The yearlings played near their mothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#x2)
- Kotick danced with the yearling seals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#x3)
- A yearling horse is not yet fully grown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yearling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yearling» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yearling.html) on Mova free.