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An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
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Being a year old.
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A salmon that is about one year old and may be ready to swim out to sea.
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An animal that is more than one year old, but less than two. See Long yearling, and Short yearling. See Also: Long yearling. Short yearling.
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A one-year old seedling.
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a one-year-old individual in its second year of life
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a young child
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a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
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a one-year old animal
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one that is a year old
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a thoroughbred between the first New Year's Day after being foaled and the following January 1.
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A horse in its second calendar year of life, beginning Jan. 1st of the year following its birth in Northern hemisphere and August 1st on southern hemisphere..
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The age at which all horses completely forget the things you taught them previously.
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a young Thoroughbred after the January 1st following its foaling, until the next January 1st
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A bird in its second year of life. This is defined as January 1st of the next year. Thus, if a bird is hatched and banded with its year of birth band on Dec. 7, it will still be considered as a yearling for purposes of racing or show come January 1 of the next year. Some breeds do not use the yearling terminology and consider all birds simply Old Birds from the second year on.
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A one year old goat.
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A horse in its second calendar year of life, beginning January 1 of the year following its birth.
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A horse that is 1 year old.
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A horse which is one year old. January 1 after the year of the birth of a foal is the birthday for all thoroughbred horses. On January 1, a foal becomes a yearling, and on the following January1, it becomes a two-year-old, etc.
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