Bing Rewards sent me to a quiz where they'd show me pairs of animals and ask 'which of the pair is called a pup?' In answering, I guessed that it would be 'whichever of the animals is most like a dog.'
But I wondered why so many different animals all use the same words for their young. Curious, I went to ZooBorns's baby-animal-names page; and they listed #Cub, #Kitten, #Pup, #Calf & #Chick as the common names (before they went into listing which of those names belong to which of those animals and -which animals use other names for their young (some common, some specialized)).
I'll rip into those words ... What I show first is 'the group of words' that couch "those main words" (below hyperlinked to names-page) into your vocabulary ... deeper meanings that 'firm the foundations' upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Infants” is built on ancient words that mean Not, |Opposite of + "to Speak, Tell, Say." #Infantile #Infanticide #Infancy #Infant
The word “Cub” might be built on ancient words that mean |Whelp or |Seal. #CubScout #CubReporter #Cubs
The word “Kitten” is built on ancient words that mean Little Cat. #Kitty #Kitties #Kittenish #Kittens
The word “Pup” is short for #Puppy, built on ancient words that mean Doll, Toy (Puppet). #Puppies #PuppyDog #PuppyLove #PupTent #Pups
The word “Calf” might be built on ancient words that mean "to |Swell (like the |Womb holding the Fetus of the |Young Animal, or like the |Bulge of a Muscle under Strain)." #Calve #Calves
The word “Chick” is short for Chicken. #Chicks #ChickWeed
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