starve|ling

starve|ling
starve|ling «STAHRV lihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. starving; hungry: »

Women nursed their starveling infants (Katherine Anne Porter).

2. = poverty-stricken. (Cf.poverty-stricken)
–n.
a person or animal that is suffering from lack of food.

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