whelps

A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

An insolent youth; a mere child.

A kind of ship.

One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.

A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

(of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.

“The bitch whelped.”