goatlingn.
/ˈɡəʊtlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊtlɪŋ/ A young goat; spec. one that has been weaned (cf. kid n.1 1a).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid
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1707 J. Stevens tr. Life Estevanillo Gonzales iv. in Spanish Libertines 329 The Goatling [Sp. animalejo] was pretty large.
1822 C. Lloyd Beritola xxvii, in Duke d'Ormond 11 These goatlings drew away her pain.
1883 Times 6 Dec. 7 [At] the half-yearly meeting of the British Goat Society..held yesterday..the newly-coined word ‘goatling’ was adopted, to distinguish goats above 12 months and under 2 years old.
1921 I. Richards Mod. Milk Goats xiii. 152 To the little doe at this stage of her life [sc. four months, weaned from milk] we give the name ‘goatling’.
1981 J. Halliday & J. Halliday in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Livestock & Poultry (1988) iv. 80/1 Goatlings and kids are often housed in groups.
2002 P. Jackson & P. Cockcroft Clin. Exam. Farm Animals xvii. 286/2 There is some similarity between the full mouth of a 12 month old goatling and that of a 3-year old doe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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