Word: whelps
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
An insolent youth; a mere child.
A kind of ship.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
(of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth. Example: The bitch whelped.
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