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ridgeling definition

ridge·ling or ridgling ridg′·ling (-liŋ)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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