All 4 Uses of
yearling
in
The Jungle Book
- That night Kotick danced the Fire-dance with the yearling seals.†
p. 125.8yearling = an animal between one and two years of age
- Hi, you yearling, where did you get that white coat?
p. 126.4
- "Well done for a yearling!" said the Sea Lion, who could appreciate good swimming.
p. 130.2 *yearling = animal between one and two years of age
- Then he remembered in a flash what the Burgomaster gull had screamed to him when he was a little yearling at Walrus Islet, and he tumbled backward in the water, for he knew that he had found Sea Cow at last.
p. 138.6yearling = an animal between one and two years of age
Definitions:
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(1)
(yearling) an animal between one and two years of age -- (in the case of a race or show horse, the horse is treated as though it's birthday was January 1st of the year prior to its birth)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, yearling can refer to something else that involves a single year -- such as a first-year student.