RIDGELING

ridgeling, ridgling, ridgel, ridgil

(noun) a colt with undescended testicles

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ridgeling (plural ridgelings)

male animal with at least one testicle still in the intestinal canal

imperfectly castrated male

Anagrams

• regilding

Source: Wiktionary


Ridge"ling, n. Etym: [Prov. E. riggilt, riggot, ananimal half castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, a barrow hog, rigler a cock half castrated.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A half-castrated male animal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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