monsterling

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noun

A small or young monster.

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Meanings

nounmonsterling (plural monsterlings)

plural monsterlings

  1. A small or young monster.

    “My apologies, good monsterling. It was an accident.”

    2006, Martin H. Greenberg, Brittiany A. Koren, Fantasy Gone Wrong
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    "They will know something is wrong, for the brute would not willingly have left her side. Odd that it did not fight you." The blunt-nose, slope-browed face of the monsterling was inscrutable, scarlet eyes inhuman and feral in the glow of the fire.

    1999, Lin Carter, The Quest of Kadji

Origin

From monster + -ling.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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