Swanling

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young or baby swan; a cygnet.

    "Suddenly I feel myself become small as a swanling, tucked into the swan's feathers."

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"Suddenly I feel myself become small as a swanling, tucked into the swan's feathers."

Etymology

From swan + -ling, formed by analogy with duckling, gosling, etc. Compare German Schwänlein.

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