swanling

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *swanaz — “swan
  2. inherited from *swan
  3. inherited from swan
  4. inherited from swan
  5. suffixed as swanling — “swan + ling

Definitions

  1. A young or baby swan

    A young or baby swan; a cygnet.

    • Suddenly I feel myself become small as a swanling, tucked into the swan's feathers.
    • The narrative concerns a female duck who hatches four dark ducklings, and when the fifth turns out to be a white “swanling,” the father duck more or less accuses his wife of adultery.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for swanling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA