"Dam" is pronounced with a long, soft "a" as in "am", like "I am," and rhymes with ma'am, bam, wham, amicable, etc.
Another word for an old horse in three letters that is not "nag" is "dam". A dam is what the mother horse is called.
A female horse is a mare. When you're talking pedigree, the mother is the dam.
A horses father is called a sire, and the mother is called a dam. Also when referring to a foal you say the baby is By the dad and Out of the mom. As an example: ' My horse Duke is by Hercules (sire/ dad) and out of Marion (dam/ mother).'
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DAM is pronounced as spelled, to rhyme with "slam" or "tram". Note that "dam" may mean a barrier to flowing water or the "mother" of a pedigree horse or dog.
A DAM is a mother horse.
Another word for an old horse in three letters that is not "nag" is "dam". A dam is what the mother horse is called.
A female horse is a mare. When you're talking pedigree, the mother is the dam.
A horses father is called a sire, and the mother is called a dam. Also when referring to a foal you say the baby is By the dad and Out of the mom. As an example: ' My horse Duke is by Hercules (sire/ dad) and out of Marion (dam/ mother).'
A Father horse is called a Sire.A mother horse is called a Dam.
A Dam A Dam
A sire. A mother horse is called a dam.
Mare
That would be a dam, and it's rather specific.It doesn't refer to just a female horse but a horse mother. The male equivalent (a horse father) is a sire.
The milk from the mother given/offered to her offspring. Dam is another word for mother.
A mare (female horse) is called a 'dam' after it gives birth to a foal.