pupping

Giving birth, seals

Pupping is the act of giving birth to pups—the young of seals, dogs, wolves, sharks, and other animals whose offspring are called pups.

The term appears most often in wildlife contexts: The seals return to this beach every year for pupping.

A pupping season is when a population typically gives birth.

dogs

litter

Scattered waste or debris

newbornInfant just delivered
nursingMedical caretaking profession
damWater-holding barrier

breeder · neonatal · birth · lactation · colostrum · umbilical · stillborn · runt · weaning · breeding

sharks

live birth

Baby born alive

viviparousBearing live young
nurseryRoom for infants
juvenileYoung person or animal

litter · gestation · embryo · natal · reproductive · breeding · shallow water · coastal · neonate · yolk sac

seals

rookery

Communal bird nesting site

haul-outMarine mammals ashore
nursingMedical caretaking profession
moltingPeriodic shedding of covering

colony · beach · ice floe · lactation · weaning · blubber · whitecap · flipper · maternal · birthing

Categories

animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
marine mammalsdolphin, whales, whale, dolphins, porpoise
animal breedingbreeding, dog breeding, mating, gestation, crossbreeding
pinnipedsseal, sea lion, sea lions, fur seal, fur seals
shark behaviorsfeeding frenzy, hunting, breaching, circling, bumping

Opposites

reproductive method

puppingegg-laying

Reproducing via external ova

laying eggs · spawning · hatching · oviposition · brooding

life cycle stage

puppingdying

Ceasing to live

death · perishing · expiring · culling · weaning

Phrases

hush puppiesFried cornmeal side dish
litter of puppies
teacup puppiesUnusually tiny dog breeds
sick puppiesUnhealthy juvenile canines
mud puppiesLarge gilled salamanders
purse puppiesMiniature dogs carried in handbags

Family

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