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birdlet

birdlet noun: a small bird.

Noun

birdlet (plural birdlets)

  1. A small bird.
    • And if the Ichneumon, which is his mortall enemie approach to fight with him, the little birdlet, lest he might surprise him whilst he sleepeth, with his singing, and pecking him with his bill, awakens him, and gives him warning of the danger he is in.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of birdlet

pluralbirdlets

Origin of birdlet

From bird + -let.

Questions about birdlet

What does birdlet mean?
Birdlet means a small bird.
What part of speech is birdlet?
Birdlet is a noun.
What is the plural of birdlet?
The plural of birdlet is birdlets.

Words near birdlet in the dictionary

  1. birdkeepers
  2. birdkeeping
  3. birdkind
  4. birdless
  5. birdlessness
  6. birdlet
  7. birdlets
  8. birdlife
  9. birdlike
  10. birdlikeness
  11. birdlime

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