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apelings

apelings is the plural of apeling.

Meaning of apeling

Noun

apeling (plural apelings)

  1. A small, young, or immature ape.
    • Just now the apeling was developing those arboreal tendencies which were to stand him in such good stead during the years of his youth, when rapid flight into the upper terraces was of far more importance and value than his undeveloped muscles and untried fighting fangs.1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Questions about apelings

What is apelings the plural of?
Apelings is the plural of apeling.

Words near apelings in the dictionary

  1. apelets
  2. apelike
  3. apelin
  4. apelinergic
  5. apeling
  6. apelings
  7. Apeliotes
  8. apella
  9. apellai
  10. Apelles
  11. apelloid

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