Infant

  • 131infant — n. a child incapable of any form of independence from its mother: the term is usually used to refer to a child under one year of age, especially a premature or newborn child. In legal use the term denotes a child up to the age of seven years …

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  • 132infant — noun Syn: baby, newborn, young child, tiny tot, little one; Medicine neonate; Scottish & N.English bairn, wean; informal tiny, sprog …

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