Pouchling

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young creature that is raised in a pouch.

    "Instead, she secretes a narcotic fluid which is designed to keep her pouchlings dormant. They will remain effectively comatose until the flow of her milk has stopped, and will only awaken and begin to grow and develop when she has died, […]"

Example

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"Instead, she secretes a narcotic fluid which is designed to keep her pouchlings dormant. They will remain effectively comatose until the flow of her milk has stopped, and will only awaken and begin to grow and develop when she has died, […]"

Etymology

From pouch + -ling.

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