fingerling

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fingerling

/ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/ UK
/ˈfɪŋɡəɹlɪŋ/ US
/ˈfɪŋəɹlɪŋ/ Scotland

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From Middle English fyngyrlynge, equivalent to finger + -ling, from having the size of a human finger.

noun fingerlings

A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins.
A type of small potato grown primarily in North America.
An infant weasel, stoat, ferret; esp. weasels.
broadly Any finger-sized version of something typically larger. Oh, but those little crab-lingered fingerlings really wanted to get in! Now some were trying to claw up through an old knothole whose bole had aged and didn’t sit true in the plank. […] But here came the dwarf opening her door, and the spiderlets melted away.

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@misc{fingerling_2026,
  title = {fingerling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fingerling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}