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pup

noun as in canine

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noun as in dog

noun as in puppy

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noun as in urchin

noun as in whelp

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noun as in youngster/youth

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Wolf pups in North CarolinaA captive-breeding program was started in the 1970s with 14 wolves captured from the wild.

Here I decided to take a leap and mention the journalists’ pup in their email.

The pups grew up to become workers within their captors’ society.

By the time the pup emerges from its mother, it’s already quite large and ready to defend itself against predators.

Mynchenberg suggests heading out in the morning or evening to avoid midday heat and traveling less-crowded paths to avoid overstimulating your pup.

To his credit, the well-intentioned pup responds to her cries by burying the kid in toys.

In memory of her late pup, the shock-singer croons a song to giant inflatable replica of him.

You can even compare your pup to other similar breeds to offer an understanding of where your dog falls on the activity spectrum.

Has your pup suddenly become more lethargic in your absence?

Who really owns a dog, if no official paperwork is signed as the pup gets transferred from one person to the next?

Beneath the wagon, invisible at first, trotted a mud-bespattered yellow pup.

But he was such a forlornly muddy mongrel pup, and so eloquent of tail, that I spoke his name on an impulse, and put out my hand.

Peter resentfully deposited the pup on the porch, and took my slipper back upstairs.

He had the door locked, said Flick reflecting, and he tried to throw the lights off—Why, the low-down little pup!

The dirty little mat for the unhealthy-looking pup with the watering eyes that used to be with him—that is gone.

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On this page you'll find 135 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pup, such as: mutt, pooch, coyote, cur, dingo, and fox.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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