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单词 yeanling
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yeanlingn.

Brit. /ˈjiːnlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈjinlɪŋ/
Etymology: < yean v. + -ling suffix1. Compare eanling n. at ean v. Derivatives.
archaic.
a. A young lamb or kid. Also figurative.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid
ticchenc950
kidc1175
kiddy1579
kidling1586
yeanlinga1644
goatrel1688
goatling1707
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb
lambc725
yean1408
lambkin1579
baa-lamb1599
eanling1600
lambling1605
yeanlinga1644
sheepling1654
wool-bird1825
baa-ling1853
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) i One of my weaker yeanlings hapt to stray.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ix. 283 As he milked his ewes.. All in their turns, her yeanling [he] gave to each.
1862 C. Norton Lady of La Garaye iv. 411 Still to the schools the ancient chiming clock Calls the poor yeanlings of a simple flock.
1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 551 Take the young ones to the teat, Left in yeanlings' penfolds pent.
b. appositive or as adj. That is a yeanling; young or new-born: esp. of a lamb. Also figurative.
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the world > animals > family unit > [adjective] > young
new-fallena1618
yeanling1658
squab1706
subadult1844
weaner1865
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of or like a lamb > newly-born
new-yeaned1567
yeaned1567
yeanling1658
1658 J. Rowland Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 495 The common Epithets expressing the nature of this Beast [sc. the lamb] are these, rough, yeanling [1607 (ed. 1) yearling], weak, unripe, sucking, tender.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 434 The flesh of Lambs or yeanling Kids. View more context for this quotation
1765 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) I. Pref. p. xxvi The yeanling Kids and cooing Turtles.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 33 239 To surround himself with ushers, proportioned to the number of boys, and more advanced in acquirement than these yeanling monitors.
1870 R. W. Buchanan Book of Orm ii. 33 By the yeanling lambkin's side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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