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cub

[kuhb] / kʌb /
NOUN
young
Synonyms


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Biologists observed a change in the mother’s movements, which signaled her cub may have been abandoned.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Researchers tracking wild polar bears in northern Canada witnessed something exceedingly rare this fall: a mother bear adopting a cub that was not biologically her own.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

At the time, she had one cub, which scientists tagged for study.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

On Christmas Day in 2017, he saw a small bear cub run across his yard.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The cub yipped with delight and gulped down the sick.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver