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# yearling

«yearling» in Mova's school dictionary: **An animal in its second year of life, after its first…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural yearlings)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yearling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.