From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhelpwhelp1 /welp/ noun [countable] HBAa young animal, especially a dog or lion
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whelp• Shall a traitor's whelp get the better of us?• She let out a soft whelp as she closed her eyes then popped them open and stared mutely into the berries.whelpwhelp2 verb [intransitive] old-fashionedMBHBA if a dog or lion whelps, it gives birthExamples from the Corpus
whelp• Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped.Origin whelp1 Old English hwelp 