Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young wolf; a wolfkin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A young wolf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   A wolf cub .
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Examples
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								Half a millenium from now humanity has found itself part of an ancient and complex civilisation with a caste structure that thinks in terms of millions of years, one that's very unsure about the sudden appearance of a "wolfling" race, one that belies billions of years of careful gardening and controlled uplift of animals to intelligence. The Tuesday Evening "I Really Should Be In Bed" Review: The Dragon Waiting codepope 2002 
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								The wolfling padded dutifully forward to sniff noses. 
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								They unmistakably were grandkids, lapfuls of wedge-faced wolfling kits, looking as human as all get-out. Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009 
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								They unmistakably were grandkids, lapfuls of wedge-faced wolfling kits, looking as human as all get-out. Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009 
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								They unmistakably were grandkids, lapfuls of wedge-faced wolfling kits, looking as human as all get-out. Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009 
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								My biggest gripe with “Startide Rising” was that Brin never revealed the nature of the catalysmic discovery made by the wolfling humans. Show #9: Pre-show Discussion : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas 2006 
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								The wolfling padded dutifully forward to sniff noses. Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989 
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								"Listen to the wolfling complain," Garkin sneered. Another Fine Myth Asprin, Robert 1978 
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								Padraig went to the foot of the cliff, accompanied by two men with a hurdle, and found Brother Basil safe and in good spirits, but neither wolf, wolfling nor wolf-man was to be seen. Masters of the Guild L. Lamprey 1910 
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