beaverling

beaverling

English

Etymology

From beaver +‎ -ling.

Noun

beaverling (plural beaverlings)

1. (diminutive) A small, young, or juvenile beaver.
   • 1885, The Westminster review:

     The wife stumbled into the water, and as soon as her loot was wet, she immediately resumed her old shape as a beaver, her son became a beaverling, and the brooklet, changing to a roaring river, bore them to the lake.