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ridgeling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ridgeling has 1 sense
- ridgeling(n = noun.animal) ridgel, ridgil, ridgling - a colt with undescended testicles; Array is a kind of colt
CIDE DICTIONARY
ridgeling, n. [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.].
A half-castrated male animal. [1913 Webster]
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