nursling
/ˈnɜrslɪŋ/
noun
- A baby or young animal that is being breastfed or nursed.
- The farmer checked on the lamb nursling to make sure it was getting enough milk.
- The mother cat carefully cleaned each of her nurslings.
- In the orphanage, the nurslings were fed on a strict schedule.
- A person or thing that is being carefully nurtured or cared for.
- As the nursling of the program, he received extra attention from the mentors.
- The young artist was the nursling of a famous painter who took her under his wing.
- The garden was the nursling of the old woman, who tended it every day.