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s | whelp |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun whelp is

a young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

As a verb whelp is

(ambitransitive) to give birth.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    whelp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
  • (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
  • * Addison
    • That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.
  • (obsolete) A kind of ship.
  • One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
  • A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket, def. 2; cog, def. 1).

    • Derived terms

    * fox whelp, fox-whelp, fox's whelp (foxling) * (Newfoundland) (l) * whelpling * wolf whelp, wolf-whelp, wolf's whelp

    See also

    * Guelf, Guelph * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To give birth.
    • The bitch whelped .
    The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.

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