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noun
A male animal with at least one testicle still in the inguinal canal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An imperfectly castrated male.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a colt with undescended testicles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ridgling, ridgel, ridgil
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Broader terms: colt
History
From ridge + -ling, presumably from the supposition the remaining testicle(s) remain(s) near the back.
