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nurseling

nurseling is the alternative spelling of nursling.

Meaning of nursling

Noun

nursling (plural nurslings)

  1. A young child or animal being nursed.

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Forms of nurseling

pluralnurselings

Questions about nurseling

What is nurseling the alternative spelling of?
Nurseling is the alternative spelling of nursling.

Words near nurseling in the dictionary

  1. nursekin
  2. nurseless
  3. nurselet
  4. nurselets
  5. nurselike
  6. nurseling
  7. nurselings
  8. nursely
  9. nursemaid
  10. nursemaided
  11. nursemaiding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nurseling (page history and authors); nursling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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