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cub

noun as in young

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On Christmas Day in 2017, he saw a small bear cub run across his yard.

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Blame the mother wolf, wild with grief for her slain cubs, and the vengeful curse she had unleashed upon the admiral and all his tribe!

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“Sonnets, too lovey-dovey,” Alexander agreed, for he and his siblings tended to stick together, like cubs in a litter, one might say.

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“Aren’t you a silly cub? Pirates don’t live in the woods.”

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“Children? A pack of wolf cubs would be more like it.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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