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batling

batling noun: a young, small, or baby bat.

Noun

batling (plural batlings)

  1. A young, small, or baby bat.
    • When the batling was eight days old he fell, fluttering.1998, Irene Brady, Wild Babies
    • His flexible wings, wrapped round him, serve him as bed-clothes, and his mate carries the batling clinging to her breast even when she flies out to forage.2008, Wonders of Animal Life - Page 126

Forms of batling

pluralbatlings

Origin of batling

From bat + -ling.

Questions about batling

What does batling mean?
Batling means a young, small, or baby bat.
What part of speech is batling?
Batling is a noun.
What is the plural of batling?
The plural of batling is batlings.

Words near batling in the dictionary

  1. Batley
  2. Batley Carr
  3. Batleys
  4. batlhanka
  5. batlike
  6. batling
  7. batlings
  8. Batlow
  9. batmaker
  10. batmakers
  11. batman

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