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Animals

Any living creature of the Kingdom Animalia constituting multi-celled organisms as well as single-celled organisms lacking chlorophyll and having the ability for spontaneous movement, such as protozoans.

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sull

Animals; Horses

To move slowly, to resist moving forward.

weaving

Animals; Horses

A stable vice in which the horse continually rocks from side to side, shifting his weight from one front leg to the other, causing the neck and head to sway as well.

vaccination

Animals; Horses

Injection, into the body, of killed or attenuated microorganisms to develop resistance of an infectious disease.

green-broke

Animals; Horses

An inexperienced horse or rider, relatively speaking. In hunter classes, the horse can be any age and is rated according to awards won in past performances.

moon blindness

Animals; Horses

Periodic opthalmia, or uveitis (inflammation of internal eye that comes and goes).

string out

Animals; Horses

To move without engaging the hindquarters, so hind end looks "strung out" from the forehand.

cribbing

Animals; Horses

A stable vice in which the horse latches onto a horizontal object (e.g the manger) with the teeth, tenses the neck and swallows; synonym is "crib-biting

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