beastlingn.
/ˈbiːs(t)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbis(t)lɪŋ/ A small or young beast; a little animal.In quot. 1789 apparently more generally (the word perhaps being chosen or coined for metrical convenience): a beast, a wild animal.
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1789 P. Rusher Crouch-Hill 19 Man now no more..seeks in native wilds precarious food, To drive the rav'nous beastlings from their dens, And chase them o'er the hills, or thro' the glens.
1792 Anti-Halcyon 126 Birdlings, and beastlings, and manlings, all frantic, Are mingling, and dancing.
1872 M. E. Braddon To Bitter End vii. 51 Tender young beastlings of the squirrel tribe.
1924 Cosmopolitan Apr. 52/1 An ardent young recruit to the forces of humane endeavor..vigilantly on the outlook for excuse to exercise his powers in behalf of birdlet or beastling.
2020 @Crime_Wizard 27 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 13 Mar. 2021) My cat sat on my lap for half an hour. I love this little beastling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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