What's the difference between colt and filly?

Colt


Definition:

  • (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.
  • (n.) A young, foolish fellow.
  • (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
  • (v. i.) To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
  • (v. t.) To horse; to get with young.
  • (v. t.) To befool.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Its current troubles are in part due to the fact that Colt lost out on the M4 US army contract to FN Herstal in 2013.
  • (2) Complete esophageal impaction developed when the colt ate solid material.
  • (3) A yearling Quarter Horse colt was examined because of intermittent esophageal obstruction.
  • (4) Two weeks later the Colts would prevail 29-17 at Super Bowl XLI.
  • (5) A 6-month-old Appaloosa colt had a deviation of the premaxilla and nasal septum as well as a dorsal hump of the nasal bone and maxillomandibular malocclusion.
  • (6) Tebow signed for the Jets in March 2012 , after it became clear that the Broncos – who he had rescued from a 1-4 start to 2011 and taken to an 8-8 finish and a playoff run that was ended by the Patriots – would sign the Indianapolis Colts great Peyton Manning.
  • (7) The Patriots eventually beat the Colts 43-22, but it wasn't quite the romp that that final tally would suggest, as the Colts cut it to a one-score game in the third quarter.
  • (8) But his capacity to digest playbooks is unrivalled – allowing Manning to lead the Colts offence in a way quite unlike other NFL quarterbacks: operating almost exclusively without a huddle and calling his plays at the line.
  • (9) The monkey finally off their back, Manning and the Colts would return to the Super Bowl three years later, though this time they would be defeated by Drew Brees and the underdog New Orleans Saints.
  • (10) For instance, Colt Defence sells a lot of guns for military purposes.
  • (11) Although retention times by all colts were similar, cold-housed colts digested more ADF and less phosphorus (P) than did warm-housed colts (P less than .05).
  • (12) New England Patriots 43-22 Indianapolis Colts - as it happened
  • (13) The colt had undergone surgical correction of a ruptured urinary bladder at 4 days of age, and a 5-cm tear through one of the previous scars was identified and repaired during exploratory celiotomy.
  • (14) Rams 21-0 Colts OK, so hands up who saw this one coming?
  • (15) Almost instantly it seems the Patriots are in a three down hole, Brady connects with Amendola for a fresh set of downs, while time is starting to be the enemy for the Colts.
  • (16) 3.33am GMT Colts 22-29 Patriots, 2:20, 3rd quarter Huge three and out for the Patriots, Luck gets sacked by Jamie Collins for a loss of eight yards and then he throws two straight incompletions.
  • (17) Having previously started every one of the Colts' games since being drafted in 1998, he would go on to miss the entire 2011 season.
  • (18) Clinical signs consisted of dyspnea and dysphagia attributable to cranial cervical hematoma in one colt and to intra-abdominal hemorrhage resulting in death of the second colt.
  • (19) Incredible scenes in Indianapolis, where the Colts have now completed a 28-point comeback to beat the Chiefs.
  • (20) It certainly felt that way midway through the Colts' next postseason meeting with the Patriots – the AFC Championship game on 21 January 2007.

Filly


Definition:

  • (n.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.
  • (n.) A lively, spirited young girl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three unusual ovarian abnormalities are presented, a large, oestrogen-producing granulosa cell tumour, an oestrogen-producing large follicle in a 4-month-old filly, and an ectopic progesterone-producing adrenal structure bordering on neoplasia.
  • (2) The filly did not respond to glucocorticoid treatment and was euthanatized.
  • (3) After 5 weeks rest in a stall and 11 months at pasture, the filly was trained and raced without lameness.
  • (4) Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was diagnosed in a 2-year-old Standardbred filly.
  • (5) Intramuscular hemangiosarcoma resulting in severe anemia and thrombocytopenia was diagnosed in a 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly.
  • (6) The phenotypic effects in a yearling Arab filly of a newly described equine autosomal trisomy syndrome for chromosome 30 (65,XX,+30) consisted of small size and severe angular deviation of front legs accompanied by mild polydactyly, but no mental dullness.
  • (7) A 6-month-old Clydesdale filly had chronic abdominal distention and intermittent febrile episodes.
  • (8) A 6-month-old 300-kg Quarter Horse filly was treated for septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint and septic navicular bursitis that developed as a result of a deep puncture to the foot.
  • (9) Group-1 fillies also had markedly high serum creatine kinase activity.
  • (10) Height, girth and circumference of the cannon bone below the knee were recorded, measurements for colts and fillies are shown separately.
  • (11) Samples from each of 239 clinically normal mares and 30 colts and fillies believed not to have been exposed to CEMO were negative with titres of less than 256, the majority of samples (97 per cent) showing a titre of 32 or less.
  • (12) During exploratory surgery, 3.5 and 2.0 meters of thickened terminal small intestine were removed from the colt and filly respectively, and a jejunocecostomy performed.
  • (13) No significant sex difference was found between colts, geldings and fillies.
  • (14) A fusion defect of the proximal and middle phalanges of both hindlimbs, osteochondrosis dissecans of the distal interphalangeal joints of the forelimbs, and subluxation of all 4 distal interphalangeal joints occurred in a Standardbred filly.
  • (15) A 2-year old Thoroughbred filly was examined for a 1-month history of persistent nasal discharge.
  • (16) Itraconazole, a tricyclic azole effective against a number of deep mycotic diseases, was used to treat a Quarter Horse filly with coccidioidomycosis.
  • (17) The screws were removed after 11 months because the filly became lame in the affected limb.
  • (18) The study demonstrated marked fluctuations in serum muscle enzyme concentrations which were more pronounced in two-year-old fillies than three-year-old fillies and colts.
  • (19) The clinical and ophthalmoscopic features of a congenital coloboma of the lens in a 3 year old Hanoverian stallion and of an ectopic lens in a 6-month old Hanoverian filly are described and depicted.
  • (20) Severe mitral regurgitation developed secondary to scarring of the valve, which resulted in the filly's death.

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