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- DictionaryFil·ly/ˈfilē/
noun
- 1. a young female horse, especially one less than four years old.
The meaning of FILLY is a young female horse usually of less than four years.
Filly definition: a young female horse.. See examples of FILLY used in a sentence.
filly. I now touch lightly on the various clauses and the main amendments which have been made since this filly was last paraded in the paddock. From the. Hansard archive. One of the duties of lawyers is to see that their profession is kept filly occupied.
A filly is a young female horse. The male equivalent of a filly is a "colt." In most places, a filly is not yet four years old, although sometimes a female horse younger than five is considered a filly. Before she is a year old, a filly is also called a "foal," or a baby horse — and between the ages of one and two, she's also a "yearling."
Examples of filly. The organization has two of its 3-year-old filly pacers in the running for year-end honors which will be announced this week. One of my favorites was this cured halibut ($13), served with radishes, grapefruit and filly fronds of dill. He owned the first filly in history to win $1.5 million.
fil·ly. (fĭl′ē) n. pl. fil·lies. 1. A young female horse, especially a racehorse less than five years old, or a young female of another equine species. 2. Informal A lively, high-spirited girl or young woman. [Middle English filli, from Old Norse fylja; see pau- in Indo-European roots .]
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