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chichling

chichling is the archaic spelling of chickling.

Meaning of chickling

Noun (1)

chickling (plural chicklings)

  1. A small chick or chicken; a baby chick.

Noun (2)

chickling (plural chicklings)

  1. The leguminous plant Lathyrus sativus as well as other Lathyrus species.

Forms of chichling

pluralchichlings

Origin of chichling

From chich (“chickpea”) + -ling (“forming diminutives”).

Words formed from chichling

Questions about chichling

What is chichling the archaic spelling of?
Chichling is the archaic spelling of chickling.

Words near chichling in the dictionary

  1. chichicoyas
  2. Chichihaerh
  3. Chichin
  4. chiching
  5. chichis
  6. chichling
  7. chichling vetch
  8. chichling-vetch
  9. chichlings
  10. chichore
  11. Chichun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chichling (page history and authors); chickling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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