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drakelets

drakelets is the plural of drakelet.

Meaning of drakelet

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

Questions about drakelets

What is drakelets the plural of?
Drakelets is the plural of drakelet.

Words near drakelets in the dictionary

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

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