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whelp

noun

  1. a young dog; puppy
  2. a young lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, etc.; cub
  3. a youth or child: a term showing contempt
  4. any of the teeth on a sprocket wheel
  5. Naut. any of the ribs or ridges along the barrel of a capstan or the drum of a windlass: usually used in pl.

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to give birth to (young): said of some animals

See whelp in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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