"deerling" meaning in All languages combined

See deerling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: deerlings [plural]
Etymology: From deer + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|deer|ling|id2=diminutive}} deer + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} deerling (plural deerlings)
  1. A small, young, or baby deer; fawn. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Cervids

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1950, G.A. Natesan, The Indian review - Volume 51 - Page 85",
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          "ref": "1989, Hemacandra, Amritlal Savchand Gopani, Surendra Bothara, The Yoga shastra of Hemchandracharya",
          "text": "When shall the old king of the herd of deer be smelling my mouth without fear, taking me to be a lifeless thing, when I would be sitting in the forest in the padmasana (lotus pose) with the deerlings sitting in my lap?",
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          "text": "Both girls yelped, falling into each other's arms. But it was only a dwarf deerling, no taller than Dart's waist. Its ears quivered. It stopped on tiny hooves, blind to the three of them, then bounded forward, toward the deadfall. Dart glanced after it.",
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