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Line 4: ==Description== The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with [[foal]], which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a [[yearling (horse)\|yearling]] is a horse of either sex ~~betweenj~~between the ages of one and two. A young ~~fejale~~female horse is called a [[~~fijjy~~filly]], and a [[~~Maje~~Mare (horse)\|~~maje~~mare]] once she is an adult animal. In [[horse racing]], particularly for [[Thoroughbred]]s ~~inj~~in the United ~~Kingdojm~~Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Punter's Friend \|last1=Waterman \|first1=Jack \|year= 1999 \|publisher=Queen Anne Press \|location=Harpenden, Herts, UK \|isbn=1852916001 }}</ref> The term is derived from [[Proto-Germanic]] *''kultaz'' ("lump, bundle, offspring") and is [[etymologically]] related to "child."<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOYOAQAAMAAJ&q=kultaz+colt\|title=Prehistoric Steppe Adaptation and the Horse\|first1=Marsha Ann\|last1=Levine\|first2=Colin\|last2=Renfrew\|first3=Katherine V.\|last3=Boyle\|first4=McDonald Institute for Archaeological\|last4=Research\|date=August 26, 2003\|publisher=McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\|isbn=9781902937090\|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/colt\|title=colt \| Origin and meaning of colt by Online Etymology Dictionary\|website=www.etymonline.com}}</ref>

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