English

edit

Etymology

edit

spawn +‎ -ling

Noun

edit

spawnling (plural spawnlings)

  1. A creature newly spawned.
    • 1806, The European Magazine, and London Review:
      He sent the spawnlings to the French Institute, and the delicate unorganized bantlings were all obstetrically laid out, like so many yellow specks on a sheet of Indian paper!
    • 2011, Julie Barnhill, Raising Kids with Love and Limits:
      It's time for a change—better yet, it's time your spawnlings got a dose of long-lasting One Tough Mother change!