- ridgling
- ridg·ling
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ridgling
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Ridgling — A ridgling or rig is a male animal with an undescended testicle. An undescended testicle is not a serious or life threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times. This condition can be corrected by either surgery to… … Wikipedia
ridgling — noun see ridgeling … New Collegiate Dictionary
ridgling — ridg·ling (rĭjʹlĭng) n. Variant of ridgeling. * * * … Universalium
ridgling — ridg·ling (rijґling) an animal, especially a horse, with one or both testes undescended … Medical dictionary
ridgling — (Also spelled ridgeling ) A partly castrated horse, with one or both testicles … Equestrian sports dictionary
ridgling — rɪdÊ’lɪŋ n. young male animal with undescended testicles (esp. horse) … English contemporary dictionary
ridgling — A horse with one testicle removed, the other one being undescended and hanging so high in the belly as not to be reached in the ordinary castration. Douglass v Moses, 89 Iowa 40 … Ballentine's law dictionary
ridgling — noun a colt with undescended testicles • Syn: ↑ridgeling, ↑ridgel, ↑ridgil • Hypernyms: ↑colt * * * noun see ridgeling … Useful english dictionary
ridgeling — or ridgling noun Etymology: perhaps from 1ridge; from the supposition that the undescended testis remains near the animal s back Date: 1555 1. a partially castrated male animal 2. a male animal in which one or both testes have not descended into… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gelding — A gelding is a castrated animal mdash; in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. As a verb, it also refers to the castration procedure itself. The word comes from the Old Norse… … Wikipedia
