Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a young horse;
VERB (1)
1.
give birth to a foal;
- Example: "the mare foaled"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Foal \Foal\ (f[=o]l), n. [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo,
G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw. f[*a]le, Gr. pw^los,
L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.]
(Zo["o].)
The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equid[ae]); a
colt; a filly.
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Foal teeth (Zool.), the first set of teeth of a horse.
In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said
of a mare or she ass.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Foal \Foal\ (f[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foaled (f[=o]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Foaling.]
To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Foal \Foal\ (f[=o]l), v. i.
To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foal
n 1: a young horse
v 1: give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"