"baby fat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-baby fat.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} baby fat (uncountable)
  1. The natural fat on the body of a child or young animal that normally disappears at adolescence. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (fat in a child): puppy fat
    Sense id: en-baby_fat-en-noun-Yyk40g-I Disambiguation of 'fat in a child': 100 0
  2. Bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Children Synonyms (bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy): baby weight Translations (bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy): 懷孕時增加的體重 (Chinese Mandarin), 怀孕时增加的体重 (huáiyùn shí zēngjiā de tǐzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), raskauskilot [plural] (Finnish), doğum kiloları (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-baby_fat-en-noun-zuEfWEC6 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 9 91 Disambiguation of Children: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'bodyfat gained by a woman during pregnancy': 2 98

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