the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > puppy (10)
The young of the dog. Now little used, superseded by puppy.
A puppy, a young dog; a whelp.
A young dog, esp. one that is less than a year old.
A puppy, a small dog. Also figurative.
Chiefly nursery. A dog, esp. a small or young one. Cf. puppy, n. 1a 1b.
a young whelp; also contemptuously of a person.
A small dog; a puppy. Obsolete.
A little dog; a young dog, puppy.