"An orphan (from the Greek: ορφανός, romanized: orphanós) is someone whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them.
In common usage, only a child who ...
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has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother´s condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father´s condition)." - (en.wikipedia.org 24.10.2019)