ridgeling
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ridge + -ling, presumably from the supposition the remaining testicle(s) remain(s) near the back.
Noun edit
ridgeling (plural ridgelings)
- male animal with at least one testicle still in the inguinal canal
- imperfectly castrated male
References edit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967