A puppy is a whelp.
An example of a whelp is a puppy.
An example of whelp is for a dog to have puppies.
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Origin of whelp
Middle English from Old English hwelp, akin to German welf, Old Norse hvelpr, puppy, probably from Indo-European an unverified form kwel-, variant, variety of base an unverified form kel-, to cry out, call from source low, Welsh colwyn, puppy
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noun
verb
whelped, whelp·ing, whelpsverb
intransitiveverb
transitiveOrigin of whelp
Middle English from Old English hwelp
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(plural whelps)
(third-person singular simple present whelps, present participle whelping, simple past and past participle whelped)
Old English hwelp 'pup, wolf cub', from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, obsolete German Welf, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kÊ·elbos, from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ·elbhos (compare Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrÄ›bÄ™) 'foal', Latin vulva, bolva, volba 'womb', Ancient Greek βÏÎφος (bréphos) 'fÅ“tus, newborn', Hittite huÄ“lpi 'overipe, fresh; newborn animal', Sanskrit उलà¥à¤¬ (úlba, úlva) 'womb').
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