duckling
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duckling
- /ˈdʌklɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʌklɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English dokeling, dukling, dookelynge (“duckling”), equivalent to duck + -ling.
noun ducklings
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A young duck.
Similar: ducklet
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A young female duck.
Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like a perplexed old
Similar: ducklet
Translations
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noun young duck
| Español | patito |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오리 새끼 ori saekki |
| 中文 | 小鴨子 /小鸭子 xiǎoyāzi |
| Português | patinho |
| Français | canardeau, caneton |
| Deutsch | Entenjunges, Entenküken, Entchen, Entlein, Jungente, junge Ente |
| Italiano | anatroccolo, anatrella |
| Ελληνικά | παπί papí, παπάκι papáki |
| Română | rățușcă, rățișoară, rățucă, boboc |
| Русский | утёнок utjónok |
| Tiếng Việt | vịt con |
| עברית | ברווזון \ בַּרְוָזוֹן barvazón |
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title = {duckling},
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