type of:

appendage, extremity, member

an external body part that projects from the body

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bairn

a child: son or daughter

buster

a robust child

changeling

a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, wunderkind

a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age

foster child, foster-child, fosterling

a child who is raised by foster parents

imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp

one who is playfully mischievous

kiddy

a young child

orphan

a child who has lost both parents

peanut

a young child who is small for his age

poster child

a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler

a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten

silly

a word used for misbehaving children

sprog

a child

bambino, toddler, tot, yearling

a young child

urchin

a poor and often mischievous city child

street child, waif

a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

foster daughter, foster-daughter

someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth

foster son, foster-son

someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth

poster boy

a male poster child

poster girl

a female poster child

ragamuffin, tatterdemalion

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

guttersnipe, street urchin

a child who spends most of his time in the streets, especially in slum areas

brat, holy terror, little terror, terror

a very troublesome child

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juvenile, juvenile person

a young person, not fully developed