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Cubs

noun C2
  1. members of the Cub Scouts; plural of Cub
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Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.
The Jungle Book, p. 1 · B2
A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs.
The Jungle Book, p. 5 · B2
The baby was pushing his way between the cubs to get close to the warm hide.
The Jungle Book, p. 5 · B2
Mother Wolf shook herself clear of the cubs and sprang forward, her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness, facing the blazing eyes of Shere Khan.
The Jungle Book, p. 6 · B2

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