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drakelet en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From drake (“a male duck”) + -let.

Meanings

  1. A male duckling.
    • The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen. 1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:

Forms

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Coordinates

ducklet · duckling

Synonyms

drakeling

drakelet en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From drake (“a dragon”) + -let.

Meanings

  1. A young dragon.
    • The only use a dragon has for the ground is some kind of rocky place where it can lay its eggs and rear the drakelets. 2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea:

Forms

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Synonyms

dragonette · dragonlet · dragling · dragonet · dragonling