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beaverling

beaverling noun: a small, young, or juvenile beaver.

Noun

beaverling (plural beaverlings)

  1. (diminutive) A small, young, or juvenile beaver.
    • The wife stumbled into the water, and as soon as her loot was wet, she immediately resumed her old shape as a beaver, her son became a beaverling, and the brooklet, changing to a roaring river, bore them to the lake.1885, The Westminster review

Forms of beaverling

pluralbeaverlings

Origin of beaverling

From beaver + -ling.

Questions about beaverling

What does beaverling mean?
Beaverling means a small, young, or juvenile beaver.
What part of speech is beaverling?
Beaverling is a noun.
What is the plural of beaverling?
The plural of beaverling is beaverlings.

Words near beaverling in the dictionary

  1. Beaverkill
  2. beaverkin
  3. beaverkins
  4. beaverless
  5. beaverlike
  6. beaverling
  7. beaverlings
  8. beaverly
  9. Beavermouth
  10. beaverpelt
  11. beaverpelts

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