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nursling

nursling noun: a young child or animal being nursed.

Noun

nursling (plural nurslings)

  1. A young child or animal being nursed.

Proper noun capitalized: Nursling

Nursling

  1. A suburban village in Nursling and Rownhams parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England, just outside the City of Southampton (OS grid ref SU3716).

nursling meaning in Tamil

nursling in Tamil

செவிலி பேணும் குழவி

Forms of nursling

pluralnurslings
alternative formnurseling

Origin of nursling

From nurse + -ling.

Phrases with nursling

Questions about nursling

What does nursling mean?
Nursling means a young child or animal being nursed.
What is nursling in Tamil?
Nursling in Tamil is செவிலி பேணும் குழவி. See Nursling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nursling?
Nursling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of nursling?
The plural of nursling is nurslings.

Words near nursling in the dictionary

  1. nursings
  2. nursingwear
  3. nursle
  4. nursled
  5. nursles
  6. nursling
  7. Nursling and Rownhams
  8. nurslings
  9. nurst
  10. nurstle
  11. nurstled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nursling (page history and authors); Nursling (page history and authors); nursling (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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