1. young bears, lions, tigers, or other carnivorous mammals
2. inexperienced or young members of an organization, especially scouts

Examples

• The mother bear protected her cubs from danger.
• Lion cubs stay with their mother for about two years.
• The tiger cubs played together in the grass.
• Wolf cubs learn to hunt by watching their parents.
• The Cub Scouts met every Tuesday after school.
• New cubs in the organization needed extra training.
• The polar bear cubs tumbled in the snow.