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noun
1.
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to give birth to (a colt or filly).
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Origin:
before 950; (noun) Middle English fole, Old English fola; cognate with Old High German folo (German Fohlen); akin to Latin pullus young animal, Greek pôlos foal; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
before 950; (noun) Middle English fole, Old English fola; cognate with Old High German folo (German Fohlen); akin to Latin pullus young animal, Greek pôlos foal; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Related forms
un·foaled, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Mares are capable of completing one pregnancy a year, usually resulting in one foal.
- The glamorous brown foal jumped over the lazy cosmonaut.
- Maternal investment results in better foal condition through increased play behaviour in horses.
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Word Origin & History
foal
O.E. fola, from P.Gmc. *fulon (cf. O.H.G. folo, O.N. foli, O.Fris. fola, M.H.G. vole, Ger. Fohlen, Goth. fula), from PIE >*poul-/*pul- "young animal" (cf. Gk. polos "foal," L. pullus "a young animal").
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