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younglings

younglings is the plural of youngling.

Meaning of youngling

Noun

youngling (plural younglings)

  1. A young person, animal, or plant; chit.
    • More dear […] than younglings to their dam.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 52
    Synonyms:
    child

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Questions about younglings

What is younglings the plural of?
Younglings is the plural of youngling.

Words near younglings in the dictionary

  1. Youngkins
  2. younglet
  3. younglets
  4. younglike
  5. youngling
  6. younglings
  7. Younglove
  8. Youngloves
  9. youngly
  10. youngman
  11. Youngmans

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