foal

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A mare and foal.

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Old English fola, from Germanic *fulon, from Indo-European *poul- ‘young animal’. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen, Swedish fåle; and (from Indo-European) with Greek πῶλος, Latin pullus. Compare filly.

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Singular
foal

Plural
foals

foal (plural foals)

  1. A young horse, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

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Infinitive
to foal

Third person singular
foals

Simple past
foaled

Past participle
foaled

Present participle
foaling

to foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)

  1. (equestrian) To give birth; to bear offspring.

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