ridgling


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ridg·ling

also ridge·ling  (rĭj′lĭng)
n.
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
[From obsolete ridgel, perhaps from ridge (from the belief that the undescended testicles remained near the animal's back).]
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Noun1.ridgling - a colt with undescended testicles
ridgel, ridgeling, ridgil
colt - a young male horse under the age of four
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