baby animals

Newborn creature category

Baby animals are the young offspring of any animal species.

The phrase typically evokes cute, small creatures—puppies, kittens, chicks, fawns—often in contexts of tenderness or nurturing: The children loved visiting the baby animals at the petting zoo.

Many baby animals have specific names: a baby dog is a puppy, a baby cat is a kitten, a baby cow is a calf.

Related

lambs · calves · chicks · ducklings · foals · piglets · petting zoo · bunnies · joeys · hatchlings · nestlings · fluffy · adorable · nursing · little ones · newborn · born yesterday · litter

Categories
Opposites
developmental stage

baby animalsadults

Fully mature individuals

perceived characteristics

baby animalsapex predators

Dominant hunters, no natural enemies

dangerous animals · alpha males

Family

baby, babies, animal, animals, babe, babes, babyish, babyhood, animate

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G