suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus.
child, bairn [Scot.], little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin;
bantling, bratling†; elf.
youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker†, callant†,
whipster†, whippersnapper, whiffet [U.S.], schoolboy, hobbledehoy,
hopeful, cadet, minor, master.
scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken,
larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,
codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin†;
aurelia†, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha†, orphan, pupa, staddle†.
girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden;
virgin; hoyden.
Adj. infantine†, infantile; puerile; boyish, girlish, childish, babyish,
kittenish; baby; newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow.
in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in
leading strings; at the breast; in one's teens.