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kitten definition

kit·ten (kit′'n)

noun

a young cat: occasionally applied to the young of some other small animals

Etymology: ME kitoun < OFr chitoun, var. of chaton, dim. of chat, cat

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to give birth to (kittens)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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