bantling

noun

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  1. infant
  2. newborn
  3. moppet
  4. youngling
  5. neonate
  6. weanling
  7. nestling
  8. toddler
Noun
  • Goshen Township Fire Department personnel were dispatched on Monday morning to the 1500 block of East Meadowbrook Drive for a report of an infant experiencing breathing problems after a fall, police said.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Detroit is offering free rides to medical appointments for pregnant women or anyone taking care of an infant.
    Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of infant
Noun
  • Then came the shocking image of a masked lawmaker carrying her newborn into the Assembly chambers during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic because she was denied a request to work remotely after giving birth.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Don't miss these The parents of a newborn who died at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's have filed a malpractice suit.
    JR Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of newborn
Noun
  • So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Definition of moppet
Noun
  • Many male animals—including lions and gorillas—slay such younglings to ensure all future offspring are theirs.
    ByVirginia Morell, science.org, 6 May 2024
  • In true Star Wars fashion, kids are called younglings or padawans (both gender-neutral terms).
    Deanne Revel, Parents, 22 May 2024
Definition of youngling
Noun
  • This means there is a two-month window after birth where neonates are at their most vulnerable.
    Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Existing studies show that loud noise can cause a stress response in neonates, but lullabies and breath sounds can help calm babies.
    Dr. Abimbola Okulaja, ABC News, 27 June 2024
Definition of neonate
Noun
  • The striped dolphin was a female weanling (newly independent from its mother) that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach.
    Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Hungry weanlings trailing after their full-figured mothers.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023
Definition of weanling
Noun
  • Birch bark shelters many insects, and their leaves feed hundreds of caterpillar species, both of which birds rely on to feed hungry nestlings.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Sunflowers attract over 70 caterpillar species, which birds feed to their nestlings.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Definition of nestling
Noun
  • The front left side of the vehicle hit the toddler and the driver immediately stopped.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Sophie Allison, the artist behind the moniker, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, but moved to Nashville as a toddler.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of toddler
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