weanling

noun

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as in neonate

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Recent Examples of weanling White sharks gather near rookeries for a buffet as weanlings begin heading out to sea. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025 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 Dory originally purchased Chase the Chaos for $10,000 as a weanling in 2019. — Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2023 The 10 American Pharoah weanlings sold last November brought an average price of $445,000. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weanling
  1. neonate
  2. newborn
  3. infant
  4. toddler
  5. juvenile
  6. chick
  7. kid
  8. youngster
Noun
  • Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates.
    — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
Definition of neonate
Noun
  • The alert included detailed clinical guidance for managing measles exposures and cases during pregnancy as well as cases in newborns.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This is the most competitive time of year for New England’s hobbyists, who describe their giant pumpkins almost like parents describe a newborn.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of newborn
Noun
  • Two infants who were infected with measles have died in Pennsylvania this year, both too young to receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Even today human infants are helpless without at least one connection.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of infant
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  • Mystery is surrounding the deaths of a toddler and his two grandparents after the three of them were discovered dead by investigators.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An Overland Park mother who authorities charged with murder in the 2023 death of her 1-year-old child, alleging the toddler was malnourished and neglected, has pleaded no contest to a group of charges.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of toddler
Noun
  • The law did not cover every violent crime and depended partly on whether prosecutors could have sought adult prosecution when the offender was a juvenile.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The driver and two juveniles were still with the vehicle when officers and paramedics arrived, Moses said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • Those cells will then be injected through the shell of a domestic chicken egg into a microscopic chick embryo.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In the rainforest there, a tiny chick the size of a fuzzy, white golf ball perches on a tree limb.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of chick
Noun
  • The South is cheapest for young kids For families with young children, annual costs are lowest across much of the South.
    — Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • When Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stopped in London in 2024, the Prince of Wales wanted a photo with his kids and the world-famous singer.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • Cassegrain, mustachioed, silver-haired, and smiling, explains that during its early days, the pipes were popular with hip youngsters.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But the ending hints at the possibility that the spirit of Jason may have leapt into the youngster.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of youngster

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“Weanling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weanling. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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