Definition of whelps:
(n) :
A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
(n) :
(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
(v) :
(ambitransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
(n) :
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
(n) :
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
(n) :
(obsolete) A kind of ship.