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flapling

flapling noun: a juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.

Noun

flapling (plural flaplings)

  1. (informal) A juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.
    • The flaplings, with short faces and only very little teeth, must seek out their own food, and restrict themselves to land, agilely snapping at insects until they are old enough to venture out to the fishing waters with their relatives.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 148

Forms of flapling

pluralflaplings

Origin of flapling

From flap + -ling.

Questions about flapling

What does flapling mean?
Flapling means a juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.
What part of speech is flapling?
Flapling is a noun.
What is the plural of flapling?
The plural of flapling is flaplings.

Words near flapling in the dictionary

  1. flapjack
  2. flapjacks
  3. flapjacky
  4. flapless
  5. flaplike
  6. flapling
  7. flaplings
  8. flappable
  9. flapped
  10. flapped off
  11. flapped one's gums

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