nursling

or nurse·ling

[ nurs-ling ]

noun

1. an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
2. any person or thing under fostering care, influences, or conditions.

nursling

/ ˈnɜːslɪŋ /

noun

1. a child or young animal that is being suckled, nursed, or fostered

Word History and Origins

Origin of nursling¹

First recorded in 1550–60; nurse + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

Other times, the older nursling will naturally decide to stop.

From Washington Post

Being “a native and nursling of the moors”, Emily had made a book that was “hewn in a wild workshop, with simple tools, out of homely materials”.

From The Guardian

The freshly pumped samples will be analyzed to determine how the composition of human milk changes with the nursling's age, from 3 months to 4 years old.

From Science Magazine

It’s Holly Brooks who spies not just the nursling plants, but tiny new ones growing from the plants’ seed spilled out on the soil beneath.

From Washington Times

Only the nurslings did not work at picking up the potatoes and placing them in the barrels.

From Literature