Whelps

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of whelp form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of whelp form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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pupanimalbandogbe confinedbearbear a child

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"Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air."

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