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whelpless

whelpless adjective: without, or deprived of, a whelp.

Adjective

whelpless (not comparable)

  1. Without, or deprived of, a whelp.
    • Yet, even as the pearly drops trickled to the earth, his whole frame was shaken by a passion more terrible than the rage of the whelpless tigress.1858, Jeremiah Clemens, Mustang Gray: A Romance, page 214

Origin of whelpless

From whelp + -less.

Questions about whelpless

What does whelpless mean?
Whelpless means without, or deprived of, a whelp.
What part of speech is whelpless?
Whelpless is an adjective.

Words near whelpless in the dictionary

  1. whelpies
  2. whelping
  3. whelping ice
  4. whelpings
  5. whelpish
  6. whelpless
  7. Whelpley
  8. Whelpleys
  9. whelpling
  10. whelplings
  11. whelps

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