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Cygnet

//ˈsɪɡ.nɪt// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Ohio, United States.
  2. 2
    A town in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    The young of a swan.

    "I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan, Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings His soul and body to their lasting rest."

  2. 2
    a young swan wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

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