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cub

[kuhb] / kʌb /
NOUN
young
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The tigers include 190kg Kiara, 20-year-old Aschanti, and two-year-old cub Imana.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Inside the enclosure built to welcome his parents, the 170-day-old cub, whose name means "brave and noble warrior", was playing with a panda stuffed toy and a bamboo teether.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

On board, people snapped selfies with the cub before reuniting it with its mom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

“Home” is a concept that Chase, a newly orphaned cheetah cub, struggles to make sense of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

In some ways, he would always be apart from the cub.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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