filly

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fil·ly /ˈfɪli/ noun (plural fillies) [countable]  HBADSHa young female horse 小牝马 → colt, foal

Examples from the Corpus

filly• It had been filly embraced as the true faith.• Eight fillies were entered for the first local 2-year-old race of 1996 on Wednesday.• The flying filly had trainer Jack Berry purring after a stunning success at Beverley last month.• I want Marking Time and that three-year-old filly of yours to run at Kempton on Saturday.• Something was clearly wrong with the Mr Prospector filly, and maybe not just the faster ground.• She loved this filly and would have been so proud.Origin filly (1400-1500) Old Norse fylja

fil·ly nounChineseSyllable  

female Corpus horse young a

filly
fil‧ly /ˈfɪli/ noun (plural fillies) [countable]a young female horse ⇨ colt, foal

fillyBrE /ˈfɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪli/ 🔊 noun (

plural

fillies) a young female horse 小牝马  ➡  compare colt (1) , mare (1)