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hareling

hareling noun: a young or diminutive hare.

Noun

hareling (plural harelings)

  1. (rare) A young or diminutive hare.
    • I'm coming, I'm coming, the nice old stoat, who is so fond of tender harelings.1886, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne, Friends and Foes from Fairy Land, page 352
    • In central Finland first-year children are greeted with "Hello, big-eyed, long eared harelings", using a dialect word for a young hare born in August, […]1978, Leea Virtanen, Children's Lore, page 67

Forms of hareling

pluralharelings
alternative formhare-ling

Origin of hareling

From hare + -ling.

Questions about hareling

What does hareling mean?
Hareling means a young or diminutive hare.
What part of speech is hareling?
Hareling is a noun.
What is the plural of hareling?
The plural of hareling is harelings.

Words near hareling in the dictionary

  1. Harel statecharts
  2. hareld
  3. harelds
  4. hareleaf
  5. harelike
  6. hareling
  7. harelings
  8. harelip
  9. harelipped
  10. harelips
  11. harem

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