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.
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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
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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
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littermate
noun
lit·ter·mate
-ˌmāt
: one of a litter of offspring considered in relation to the other members of the litter
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