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Answer for the clue "Mare's mate ", 8 letters:
stallion

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Word definitions for stallion in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., earlier staloun (c.1300), "male horse kept for breeding purposes," from Anglo-French estaloun , Old French estalon "stallion, uncastrated male horse" (Modern French étalon ), from Frankish *stal , cognate with Old High German stal "stable," from ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded ( castrated ). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed , but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. uncastrated adult male horse [syn: entire ]

Usage examples of stallion.

There were growls of amazement from the wolves, and even an appreciative snort from the Stallion.

The stallions slammed together, the blunted axehead smashed against the scarred blue breastplate.

Strong, leader of the broncho boys, was sitting on the back of Sultan, his noble little black stallion, on the ridge of a prairie swell, looking at a lowering sky.

Seven tripods never touched by fire, ten bars of gold, twenty burnished cauldrons, a dozen massive stallions, racers who earned me trophies with their speed.

Seven tripods hauled from the tents, as promised, twenty burnished cauldrons, a dozen massive stallions.

I heard horses converging on us from the left and the right and that hypertrophic white stallion of his took off like a big bird.

Kamboja stallion that had proved implacable even in the heat of battle, wheeled in startled terror, settling only after he whispered the mantra of Shani, his patron deity, in its ear.

The red mare waded on through the press, exchanging greetings with stallions and mares, all of whom fell back respectfully before her, even as fellows behind them crowded forward.

Jan saw elders, mares and stallions in their prime, half-growns, colts and fillies, foals.

Others were just emerging from the long grass, mares leading, stallions trotting behind.

Such must be the birthplace of the sun, he mused, whence mares of smoke and stallions of fire blazed forth to charge heaven.

In pairs, some of these had started to slip away, mares leading, stallions following, chasing off into the trees.

And trust Marcia to talk about the stallion side of the outcross line.

Abbie had the feeling that she was the owner of just such a prepotent stallion.

He had been too exhausted to explores too numbed by weariness to make inquiry, but he heard no young colts whinny, no stallion scream, and Ranse, the old horse trainer and stable hand had not appeared, dusty cap in hand, as of old.