flipperling
UK/ˈflɪpəlɪŋ/US/ˈflɪpɚlɪŋ/
flipperling noun: a young seal.
Noun
flipperling (plural flipperlings)
- A young seal.
- Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow; / Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!1893 August, Rudyard Kipling, "Seal Lullaby", in "The White Seal", National Review.
- There the flipperlings—young seals—are born, and from there, as the ice begins to break up with the spring, they and their parents come floating southwards on huge blocks of ice.1921, The Literary Digest, volume 71, page 20
Forms of flipperling
| plural | flipperlings |
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Origin of flipperling
From flipper + -ling.
Questions about flipperling
- What does flipperling mean?
- Flipperling means a young seal.
- What part of speech is flipperling?
- Flipperling is a noun.
- How do you pronounce flipperling?
- Flipperling is pronounced /ˈflɪpəlɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of flipperling?
- The plural of flipperling is flipperlings.
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