an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt.
y. disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti.
Copyright: Blood DC, Studdert VP, 1999. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 2nd Edition. London, UK: WB Saunders.
Date of entry: 19/02/2009