bantling

noun

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  1. infant
  2. newborn
  3. moppet
  4. youngling
  5. neonate
  6. weanling
  7. nestling
  8. toddler
Noun
  • The school shares a 28-acre campus with Campus for Kids Learning Center, a program for infants through 4-year-old kindergarten, and the nondenominational City Church.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Each year, just over half of infants and toddlers who qualify for services do not receive them all on time.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of infant
Noun
  • Following the birth of her niece, Jing returns to Singapore for the newborn’s birthday celebration.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Sullivan added that the newborns even soothe each other if one of them is fussy.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of newborn
Noun
  • The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.
    Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of moppet
Noun
  • In its own very different way, Skeleton Crew is also trying to see this territory through new eyes — in this case, four younglings who should probably be in science class and not figuring out how to get a ship into hyperspace.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Along with the announcement, Disney also posted a new trailer teasing how younglings Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), KB (Kyriana Kratter), and Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) get swept up in the adventure of a lifetime with Jod Na Nawood (Jude Law) as their Force-sensitive guide.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of youngling
Noun
  • This means there is a two-month window after birth where neonates are at their most vulnerable.
    Paul Sisson, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Existing studies show that loud noise can cause a stress response in neonates, but lullabies and breath sounds can help calm babies.
    Dr. Abimbola Okulaja, ABC News, 27 June 2024
Definition of neonate
Noun
  • The striped dolphin was a female weanling (newly independent from its mother) that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach.
    Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Hungry weanlings trailing after their full-figured mothers.
    Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023
Definition of weanling
Noun
  • Previous studies in a variety of birds have found that heavier nestlings enjoy a survival advantage after fledging.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Birch bark shelters many insects, and their leaves feed hundreds of caterpillar species, both of which birds rely on to feed hungry nestlings.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Definition of nestling
Noun
  • The flip side Many thanks to Publix for repeating their holiday commercial with the toddler in the high chair and the little white dog.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At 6 feet 2, Samuel makes the other interns look like toddlers.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of toddler
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