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littermate

littermate noun: an animal born in the same litter.

Noun

littermate (plural littermates)

  1. An animal born in the same litter.
    • Newborn puppies should not be separated from their mother and littermates.

Forms of littermate

plurallittermates

Origin of littermate

From litter + -mate.

Questions about littermate

What does littermate mean?
Littermate means an animal born in the same litter.
What part of speech is littermate?
Littermate is a noun.
What is the plural of littermate?
The plural of littermate is littermates.

Words near littermate in the dictionary

  1. littering
  2. litterings
  3. litterless
  4. litterlessness
  5. litterly
  6. littermate
  7. littermates
  8. litters
  9. littersize
  10. littersizes
  11. littery

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