foal
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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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foal (plural foals)
- A young horse, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
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young horse
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to foal (third-person singular simple present foals, present participle foaling, simple past and past participle foaled)
- (equestrian) To give birth; to bear offspring.
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give birth
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