Filly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Filly \Fil"ly\, n.; pl. {Fillies}. [Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli
     foal. See {Foal}.]
     1. (Zool.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. {Colt},
        {Foal}.
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              Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. --Shak.
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     2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  filly
       n : a young female horse under the age of four

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "filly":
     Houyhnhnm, Partlet, babe, baby, biddy, bitch, bossy, broad,
     brood mare, charger, chick, colleen, colt, courser, cow, critter,
     cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, dobbin, doe, doll,
     entire, entire horse, equine, ewe, ewe lamb, foal, frail, gal,
     gelding, girl, girlie, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, horse,
     hoyden, jenny, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, lass, lassie,
     lioness, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, mare, miss,
     missy, mount, nag, nanny, nanny goat, nymphet, peahen, piece,
     prancer, roe, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, she-bear,
     she-goat, she-lion, skirt, slip, slut, sow, stallion, steed, stud,
     studhorse, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, tarpan,
     teenybopper, tigress, tomato, tomboy, top horse, virgin, vixen,
     war-horse, wench, wild horse, young creature, young thing