goatling

English

Etymology

goat +‎ -ling

Noun

goatling (plural goatlings)

A young goat; a kid.
- 1907, The Quarterly Review, volume 207, page 119:
  The February kid he should retain, also the full-grown goat; the goatling he should sell, also its kid, unless he prefers using it for the table. Thus he has not only a good supply of milk, but he has an early kid ready for next year, […]

Translations

A young goat

Bashkir: ылаҡ (ılaq)
Bulgarian: козле n (kozle)
Faroese: geitarlamb n
Finnish: kili (fi)
Latin: haedus m
Russian: козлёнок (ru) m (kozljónok)

Anagrams

gigantol, git along, gloating

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