foal

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foal1 /fəʊl $ foʊl/ noun [countable]   HBAa young horse 马驹 → colt, filly

Examples from the Corpus

foal• Sometimes when groups of horses get mixed up a foal may seem to get irrationally fixated on another horse.• Unfortunately a New Forest stallion got into the field and Shamrock got in foal.• They can be naturally very high in Iodine and can cause problems, particularly in foals.• Do not let foals get cold or wet out in the field.• Some foals can suffer from so-called neonatal maladjustment syndrome.• Some foals develop a milk diarrhoea when the mare shows a foal heat usually six to eight days after foaling.• This is usually transient and the foal does not stop sucking or look ill.• Do the foals stay with the mares or are they kept separately?

Related topics: Animals

foal2 verb [intransitive]  HBAto give birth to a foal 产驹→ See Verb tableOrigin foal1 Old English fola

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foal

I

foal¹ /fəʊl $ foʊl/ noun [countable]
a young horse ⇨ colt, filly

II

foal² verb [intransitive]
to give birth to a foal