Terminology Flashcards
1
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Stallion
A
mature, intact male
2
Q
Gelding
A
a castrated male
3
Q
Colt
A
a young intact male (usually <3 or 4 years old)
4
Q
Mare
A
a mature female
5
Q
Filly
A
a young female (usually <3 or 4 years old)
6
Q
Foal
A
a young nursing horse of either sex
7
Q
Weanling
A
a horse separated from its mother during its birth year
8
Q
Yearling
A
a horse that is “one year old”
-for most breeds they turn one on Jan. 1
9
Q
Sire
A
the father of a horse
10
Q
Dam
A
the mother of a horse
11
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Half-sibling
A
a horse with the same dam
12
Q
Kingdom of the horse
A
animalia
13
Q
Phylum of the horse
A
chordata
14
Q
Class of the horse
A
mammalia
15
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Order of the horse
A
Perissodactyla
