cub
cub
/kʌb/
a lioness guarding her cubs
2 the Cubs (British English) (US English the Cub Scouts) plural a branch of the Scout Association for boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 10 or 11 to join the Cubs
3 Cub (also Cub Scout) countable a member of the Cubs Word Origin
mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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