stud mare
- noun
- /stʌd mɛr/
- Specialized
:
yegua de cría
- After retiring from racing, she became a valuable stud mare at the breeding farm.
Examples
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The stable is renowned for its champion stud mare that has produced several race winners.
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They brought in a new stud mare to improve the bloodline of their horses.
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The stud mare produced several champion foals.
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Many stud mares are kept on farms for breeding.
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The stable is renowned for its champion stud mare that has produced several race winners.
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After retiring from racing, she became a valuable stud mare at the breeding farm.
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They brought in a new stud mare to improve the bloodline of their horses.
Synonyms
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9.2
A female horse kept to have baby horses
How Fertile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a female horse kept for breeding' is directly derivable from combining 'stud' (relating to breeding/mating) with 'mare' (female horse). Although 'stud' can denote a stallion, here it functions attributively to mark a breeding context, a simple compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer.
Etymology
Stud mare comes from farm life: a stud is a place where animals are kept to have babies and a mare is an adult female horse. A stud mare is a valuable female horse kept to have babies, so the name means a female horse used for 'breeding'.