swanling

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swanling

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

noun swanlings

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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"swanling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/swanling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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swanling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/swanling

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"swanling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/swanling.

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@misc{swanling_2026,
  title = {swanling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swanling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}