weanling

noun

wean·​ling ˈwēn-liŋ How to pronounce weanling (audio)
: a child or animal newly weaned
weanling adjective

Examples of weanling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The striped dolphin was a female weanling (newly independent from its mother) that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach. Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 Hungry weanlings trailing after their full-figured mothers. Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023 Along with his final price as a 2-year-old, Morello was auctioned twice previously – for $140,000 as a weanling at the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale and for $200,000 as a yearling at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Sale in Kentucky. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 Apr. 2022 Dory originally purchased Chase the Chaos for $10,000 as a weanling in 2019. Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2023 The 10 American Pharoah weanlings sold last November brought an average price of $445,000. Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018 Fueled in part by the fascination with American Pharoah’s offspring, the average price for the 10,343 weanlings, yearlings and 2-year-olds in training sold at auction last year jumped by more than 14 percent from 2016, to $72,823. Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018 These weanling seals are fully recovered and ready to return to the wild! Alana Levene, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weanling was circa 1533

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“Weanling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weanling. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

weanling

noun
wean·​ling ˈwēn-liŋ How to pronounce weanling (audio)
: a child or animal newly weaned
weanling adjective

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