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drakelet

drakelet noun: a male duckling.

Noun (1)

drakelet (plural drakelets)

  1. A male duckling.
    • The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553
    Synonyms:
    drakeling

Noun (2)

drakelet (plural drakelets)

  1. A young dragon.
    • The only use a dragon has for the ground is some kind of rocky place where it can lay its eggs and rear the drakelets.2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea

Synonyms of drakelet

All synonyms of drakelet

Forms of drakelet

pluraldrakelets

Origin of drakelet

From drake (“a male duck”) + -let.

From drake (“a dragon”) + -let.

Questions about drakelet

What does drakelet mean?
Drakelet means a male duckling.
What part of speech is drakelet?
Drakelet is a noun.
What is the plural of drakelet?
The plural of drakelet is drakelets.

Words near drakelet in the dictionary

  1. drake's-neck green
  2. drake-fly
  3. drakefly
  4. Drakeford
  5. Drakefords
  6. drakelet
  7. drakelets
  8. Drakeley
  9. drakeling
  10. drakelings
  11. Drakelow

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