littermate

noun

lit·ter·mate ˈli-tər-ˌmāt

: one of the offspring in a litter in relation to the others

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Occasionally, such behavior is spotted in other species as well; in 2008, in Queensland, Australia, a dingo was observed carrying her deceased pup from place to place for four days while tending to its surviving littermates. —

Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 These barks will need to be thoroughly labeled by age, breed, and situation—separating out a 10-year-old male labradoodle barking at a stranger from a six-week-old bichon frise puppy playing with its littermate. —

Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024 At 11 weeks old, someone left him and his nine littermates on the side of a rural road in Oklahoma. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024 And then there was one, curled up in a ball, in the grass, away from all her littermates. —

Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for littermate