ridgeling

(-liŋ)

noun

a horse or domestic animal in which one or both testes have failed to pass down into the scrotal sac

Origin: prob. < ridge + -ling: ? in reference to assumed location of the testes

See ridgeling in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also ridg·ling

noun

A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.

Origin:

Origin: From obsolete ridgel

Origin: , perhaps from ridge (from the belief that the undescended testicles remained near the animal's back)

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