flapling

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noun

A juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.

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Meanings

nounflapling (plural flaplings)

plural flaplings

  1. informalbiologyA juvenile animal, especially pterosaur, that can fly immediately or soon after birth.

    The flaplings, with short faces and only very little teeth, must seek out their own food, and restrict themselves to land, agilely snapping at insects until they are old enough to venture out to the fishing waters with their relatives.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 148

Origin

From flap + -ling.

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APA

flapling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapling

MLA

“flapling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flapling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flapling.

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