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Word: Neonate
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1920s: from modern Latin neonatus, from Greek neos ‘new’ + Latin nat- ‘born’ (from the verb nasci)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈniːə(ʊ)neɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a newborn child (or other mammal).
Short Definition:newborn child
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