batling

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noun

A young, small, or baby bat.

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Meanings

nounbatling (plural batlings)

plural batlings

  1. A young, small, or baby bat.

    When the batling was eight days old he fell, fluttering.

    1998, Irene Brady, Wild Babies
    2 more examples

    His flexible wings, wrapped round him, serve him as bed-clothes, and his mate carries the batling clinging to her breast even when she flies out to forage.

    2008, Wonders of Animal Life - Page 126

    “Now if you don't mind; I have some 'batlings' to feed, if you catch my drift.” He smiled, nodding a subtle goodbye before turning towards the open window.

    2011, Hayley Perridge, Flashing Lights

Origin

From bat + -ling.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tabling
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APA

batling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batling

MLA

“batling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batling.

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