Welpe — meaning in English

English meaning

• Cub noun The young of certain animals, such as lions, bears, or foxes.
• pup noun A young dog, or the young of certain other animals such as wolves, seals, or sharks.
• puppy noun A young dog, usually under a year or so old.
• whelp noun A young dog, wolf, or similar animal; a pup or cub.

Senses

Welpe is used for these senses in English:

• cub The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.
• pup A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
• puppy A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.
• whelp A young offspring of a various carnivores (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.

Cub — full definition

1. noun The young of certain animals, such as lions, bears, or foxes.
2. noun A member of the Cub Scouts, a junior branch of the Scouting movement.

pup — full definition

1. noun A young dog, or the young of certain other animals such as wolves, seals, or sharks.
2. noun A young or inexperienced person.
3. verb To give birth to pups.

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