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flaplings

flaplings is the plural of flapling.

Meaning of flapling

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

Questions about flaplings

What is flaplings the plural of?
Flaplings is the plural of flapling.

Words near flaplings in the dictionary

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

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