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noun a young child
noun a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
noun an animal in its second year
originFrom Middle English yerling, yerlyng, equivalent to year + -ling. Cognate with Dutch jaarling (“yearling”), German Jährling (“yearling”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0