yearling
3 synonyms for yearling, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A young animal in its second year of life, so older than one but not yet two.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. It is cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”) and German Jährling (“yearling”).
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