whelpless

English

Etymology

From whelp +‎ -less.

Adjective

whelpless (not comparable)

1. Without, or deprived of, a whelp.
   • 1858, Jeremiah Clemens, Mustang Gray: A Romance, page 214:

     Yet, even as the pearly drops trickled to the earth, his whole frame was shaken by a passion more terrible than the rage of the whelpless tigress.