"littermate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: littermates [plural]
Etymology: From litter + -mate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|litter|mate}} litter + -mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} littermate (plural littermates)
  1. An animal born in the same litter. Hypernyms: sibling Translations (an animal born in the same litter): samburi [masculine] (Icelandic), samgotungur [masculine] (Icelandic), ungar úr sama goti (english: youngs from the same litter) [masculine, plural] (Icelandic)

Inflected forms

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