Usually means: Young, delicate creature or plant.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tenderling: Merriam-Webster
  2. tenderling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tenderling: Wordnik
  4. tenderling: Wiktionary
  5. Tenderling, tenderling: Dictionary.com
  6. Tenderling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. tenderling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Tenderling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. tenderling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. tenderling: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Tenderling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tenderling)

▸ noun:  (archaic) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
▸ noun:  (zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.

Similar:
tendre, fondling, tender, flesh, tender-mindedness, tenderheartedness, tender-heartedness, tenderqueer, niceling, tenerity, more...

Opposite:
tough, mature, adult, seasoned, hardened

Types:
veal, pork, beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, mutton, more...

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Similar:
tendre, fondling, tender, flesh, tender-mindedness, tenderheartedness, tender-heartedness, tenderqueer, niceling, tenerity, more...

Opposite:
tough, mature, adult, seasoned, hardened

Types:
veal, pork, beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, mutton, more...



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