Rooklet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little rook (type of bird).

    "[…] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet."

Example

More examples

"[…] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet."

Etymology

From rook + -let.

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