deathling

noun3

1. •
   A mortal; one who will die.

   • But for us, let us hearken the counsel of Zeus most high, and obey, Who over the deathling race and the deathless beareth sway. — 1892
2. •
   A supernatural being associated with death, especially a child of death.

   • The interest of his realm had need That death should get a numerous breed; Young deathlings, who by practice made Proficient in their father's trade — 1860
3. •
   (rare) A dead child.

   • In my mind's eye I gather the resident who did the tracheotomy, his patient with her collapsible veins, the nurse who said " Good," and, of course, the deathling in the bed. — 1986