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starveling definition

starve·ling (stärv′liŋ)

noun

a person or animal that is thin or weak from lack of food

Etymology: starve + -ling

adjective

  1. starving; weak and hungry
  2. suffering, showing, or caused by extreme deprivation; impoverished

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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