- A young female horse.
- Informal. A lively, high-spirited girl or young woman.
[Middle English filli, from Old Norse fylja.]
filly
Dictionary:
fil·ly (fĭl'ē)  |
n., pl., -lies.
| Veterinary Dictionary: filly |
Young female horse up to first breeding or 4 years, then a maiden mare. Called filly foal up to weaning, then weanling filly to 1 year, then yearling filly to 2 years.
| Word Tutor: filly |
IN BRIEF: n. - A young female horse under the age of four.
Tutor's tip: A "fillet" is a lacy headband while a "filet" is a thin steak or strip of boneless meat or fish. A "filly" is a young female horse and "file" is a sassafras powder used in New Orleans-style cooking.
| Wikipedia: Filly |
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.
- In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old.
- In some nations, such as the United Kingdom, the world of horse racing sets the cutoff age for fillies as younger than five years.[1]
The equivalent term for a male is a colt. When horses of either sex are less than one year of age, they are referred to as foals.[2] Horses between one and two years of age may also be called yearlings.
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References
- ^ Hammond, Gerald (2000). The Language of Horse Racing. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 79. ISBN 1579582761. OCLC 44923115. http://books.google.com/books?id=CJ4zH2P_6mMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=colt&ei=P3QLSNqAAZy4iQGi7Z2iAQ&sig=y022yqRPEjMDxz2qZBmIIGfPSFU#PPA49,M1.
- ^ James R Gillespie (2000), Modern Livestock and Poultry Production, Thomson Delmar Learning, ISBN 0766816079, http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0766816079&id=_yVilNaM4z0C&pg=PA645&lpg=PA645&ots=vqmXtDvPcc&dq=Filly+definition+horse&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=H2saO_rR3KUS1do4_sMH5uXa0qw
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| Translations: Filly |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - hoppeføl, ung hoppe, hoppeplag
Nederlands (Dutch)
merrieveulen, (levendig) meisje
Français (French)
n. - pouliche
Deutsch (German)
n. - Stutenfohlen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φοραδίτσα, κοριτσόπουλο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - potranca (f) (égua jovem)
Русский (Russian)
молодая кобыла, шустрая девчонка
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stoföl, flicksnärta (åld. vard.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小雌马, 小姑娘
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小雌馬, 小姑娘
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雌の子馬, おてんば娘
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مهرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סוסה צעירה, סייחה, נערה או אישה צעירה
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