nursling

noun

Definition of nurslingnext
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as in suckling

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as in convalescent

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  1. suckling
  2. convalescent
  3. infant
  4. sufferer
  5. newborn
  6. cherub
  7. foundling
  8. neonate
Noun
  • The main courses range from fresh fish such as monkfish or tuna to red prawns with creamy rice, and tender suckling pig with a cinnamon apple purée.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Here, the menu runs from light ricotta ravioli brightened with lemon to a suckling pig dressed with achiote, sweet potatoes, and marjoram.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
Definition of suckling
Noun
  • The backstory The original estate goes back to 1912, when the Tudor-style mansion was built for Walter Ladd and his heiress wife, socialite/philanthropist Kate Macy Ladd, who soon opened a convalescent facility on the estate for sick and needy women.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • Prosecutors said that Cho, who was living with dementia, was disoriented at the time and had wandered from a convalescent home.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of convalescent
Noun
  • Vaccines against the illness reduce its hospitalization rate among adults older than age 65 by 31 percent and cut deaths among infants and children by 80 percent, according to the group’s research review for these shots.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Lancaster County's coroner told reporters that his office was investigating the death of an infant who tested positive for measles and died from a ruptured spleen, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of infant
Noun
  • Geniani Travel Humidifier As a year-round allergy sufferer, having a humidifier by my side is a must.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Colchicine was commonly used in Europe for centuries, and in the 18th century was brought from that continent to America by Benjamin Franklin, a notorious sufferer from gout.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Definition of sufferer
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  • The newborn’s mother was severely ill from measles at the time of birth, according to reporting from The Atlantic, which spoke with the baby’s parents amid the uproar.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At Burdett, only about a quarter of newborns are delivered by C-section, compared with about a third statewide, according to 2025 hospital data.
    — Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of newborn
Noun
  • Owls, bats and dragons drawn from Chinese mythology seem suspended inside transparent spheres, while cherub-like children run in circles.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Gordon is cherub-faced, with low affect, speaks in a laconic and analytic style, and has a wry and elusive smile.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of cherub
Noun
  • The connection between the films goes far beyond the presence of a foundling.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of foundling
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
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