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Islet

//ˈaɪ.lət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small island.

    "There is an islet on the other side of this body of water."

  2. 2
    a small island wordnet
  3. 3
    An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function.

Etymology

From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Middle English eyt, eit and Middle English holm, holme (See eyot and holm for more).

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