youngling
[noun]
Synonyms: child, bud, chick, chit, juvenile, kid, moppet, young one, youngster, youth

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youngling noun. ['jʌŋlɪŋ] OE.
[from YOUNG adjective + -LING¹.]
1. A young person or animal. OE.
■ R. Bly The mother hawk pushes the younglings out of the nest one day.
b. spec. A young scholar, a disciple; a beginner, a novice, a tiro; an inexperienced person, esp. a young one. ME-L17.

2. A young shoot or blossom of a plant. M16.

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