1
a
: a young carnivorous mammal (such as a bear, fox, or lion)
b
: a young shark
2
: a young person
3
: apprentice
especially
: an inexperienced newspaper reporter
Synonyms
Examples of cub in a Sentence
the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world
assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball
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The biologists collected and analyzed fresh scat samples from 42 different hyenas, 18 high-ranking females and 24 low-ranking females–both cubs and adults.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024
Tom Williams delighted the masses by sharing footage of three bear cubs playing together on an oversize swing in Gatlinburg on social media Tuesday.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Some of the pandas were gradually sent to China, their native homeland, until the research loan officially ended in 2019, when Bai Yun and her youngest cub, the last pandas at the zoo, were also sent to China.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
In the wild, less than one in 10,000 tiger cubs are born with the white fur trait, and the golden trait is even rarer.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Officials didn’t say where the cub would eventually be released.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
As the cub wandered away, its mother looked on with a watchful eye.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The Game Commission also tranquilized the cubs, police said, and they are expected to be released in an unknown location.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Bai Yun went on to have five other cubs born at the zoo with her other mate, Gao Gao, making the pair the most reproductively successful panda parents in captivity.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2024
Tom Williams delighted the masses by sharing footage of three bear cubs playing together on an oversize swing in Gatlinburg on social media Tuesday.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Some of the pandas were gradually sent to China, their native homeland, until the research loan officially ended in 2019, when Bai Yun and her youngest cub, the last pandas at the zoo, were also sent to China.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
In the wild, less than one in 10,000 tiger cubs are born with the white fur trait, and the golden trait is even rarer.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Officials didn’t say where the cub would eventually be released.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
As the cub wandered away, its mother looked on with a watchful eye.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
The Game Commission also tranquilized the cubs, police said, and they are expected to be released in an unknown location.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Bai Yun went on to have five other cubs born at the zoo with her other mate, Gao Gao, making the pair the most reproductively successful panda parents in captivity.
—Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Cub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cub. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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cub
noun1
a
: a young flesh-eating mammal (as a bear, fox, or lion)
b
: a young shark
2
: a young person
3
: a person just learning a job : apprentice
a cub reporter
a cub pilot
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