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kittens - 2 dictionary results

kit⋅ten

[kit-n]
–noun
1. a young cat.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. (of cats) to give birth; bear.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME kitoun, appar. b. kiteling kitling and MF chitoun, var. of chaton kitten


kit⋅ten⋅like, adjective
kit·ten   (kĭt'n)   
n.  A young cat.
intr.v.   kit·tened, kit·ten·ing, kit·tens
To bear kittens.

[Middle English kitoun, probably from Old North French *caton, diminutive of cat, cat, from Late Latin cattus.]
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