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What do you call a baby owl and other baby animals?
We’re frequently asked whether there is a word for a specific baby animal in Oxford Dictionaries Online. The list below shows a list of animals with the name of the young animal next to it. Did you know, for example, that a baby eel is an elver, and a baby hare a leveret? Enjoy browsing [...]
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