babe
noun
a baby
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a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk. A baby who is old enough to walk is a toddler
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a baby. This word is usually used as a joke, especially when a baby is causing problems.
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a human baby created using a method that allows parents to choose certain genes that the baby will have or will not have, before it is born
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a baby that is left in a public place, so that it can be found by someone who will look after it
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a human baby created by mixing the mother’s egg and the father’s sperm in a laboratory and then putting the egg inside a woman to grow
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a baby that is born at the same time as two other babies to the same mother. Two babies born together are twins and four babies born together are quadruplets.
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one of two children born at the same time to the same mother. Twins of the same sex who look exactly like each other are called identical twins. Twins that are not identical are called fraternal twins
a baby son or daughter
a baby that has just been born
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