pouchling

plural pouchlings

1. fantasyA young creature that is raised in a pouch.

   The Elaki Mother-One stopped abruptly and David expected the pouchlings, following so closely, to run into her. They didn't.

   2015, Lynn Hightower, Alien Eyes

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   Instead, she secretes a narcotic fluid which is designed to keep her pouchlings dormant. They will remain effectively comatose until the flow of her milk has stopped, and will only awaken and begin to grow and develop when she has died, […]

   2011, Arinn Dembo, The Deacon's Tale, page 301