Hareling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hareling is a noun meaning (rare) A young or diminutive hare.
Meaning
(rare) A young or diminutive hare.
Example Sentences
I'm coming, I'm coming, the nice old stoat, who is so fond of tender harelings.
The hare, the hare-kin, Old Big-bum, Old Bouchart, The hare-ling, the frisky one, […]
In central Finland first-year children are greeted with "Hello, big-eyed, long eared harelings", using a dialect word for a young hare born in August, […]
The family's proliferating rabbit population was memorialized in The Hareling, a children's book done as a cottage project, with Ed producing the text - about a newborn rabbit found in the fields — to accompany Helene's drawings.
Word Forms
- harelings
- hare-ling
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include harrier, harekind, harelip, hare, harier, hasher.
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