youngling

[yuhng-ling]

young·ling

[yuhng-ling]
noun
1.
a young person.
2.
anything young, as a young animal.
3.
a novice; a beginner.
adjective
4.
young; youthful.

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Youngling is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English yongling, Old English geongling; cognate with Dutch jongeling, German Jüngling. See young, -ling1
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youngling (ˈjʌŋlɪŋ)
 
n
literary
 a.  a young person, animal, or plant
 b.  (as modifier): a youngling brood
 
[Old English geongling]

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