bantling

noun

Definition of bantlingnext
as in infant

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  1. infant
  2. newborn
  3. moppet
  4. youngling
  5. neonate
  6. weanling
  7. nestling
  8. whelp
Noun
  • The federal government will look to deport a man accused of illegally operating a boat that capsized in New York Harbor this month, killing a woman and her infant daughter.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But when a desperate woman carrying an infant appears outside his sanctuary, Parish is forced to choose between compassion and survival.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of infant
Noun
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office intervened and raised concerns about the newborn’s need for lifesaving medical treatment after birth.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities told the news outlet that Brown was a family friend to the newborn's family and took the child when his mother fell asleep.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of newborn
Noun
  • Flesh wounds, fetid moppets, breastmilk-leaking nipples, and sudden gushes of blood make for a Monty Python-style of ribald humor that will alienate and enchant in equal measure.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Definition of moppet
Noun
  • The fiddly build and lack of play features make this a Lego set that's better suited for collectors rather than younglings.
    — Rich Owen, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In theory, that should appeal to a member of the Yautja clan, or — as the case may be — a runty youngling determined to prove his worth and be accepted into his father’s clan.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of youngling
Noun
  • Males guard the eggs and newborn frogs, called neonates.
    — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
Definition of neonate
Noun
  • White sharks gather near rookeries for a buffet as weanlings begin heading out to sea.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Definition of weanling
Noun
  • On the mantel, nestling between a brace of glamorous Francis Picabia portraits, is Kahlo's traumatic My Birth.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • For these reasons, nestlings should generally be returned to the nest whenever possible.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026
Definition of nestling
Noun
  • Unlikely Meathead, a whelp who spoke from a position of occasionally whiny, frequently wet-behind-the-ears insulation from life’s realities, Reiner had gray in his beard and a lengthy track record of using his podium for good.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of whelp
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