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ducklings

ducklings is the plural of duckling.

Meaning of duckling

Noun

duckling (plural ducklings)

  1. A young duck.
    Synonyms:
    ducklet
    1. (strictly) A young female duck.
      • Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like a perplexed...1858, “Edith Clarel: A Story from Three Points of View”, in The Money Bag: Literature, Politics, Finance, volume I, number 4, London: Daniel F. Oakey, […], page 232

Phrases with ducklings

Questions about ducklings

What is ducklings the plural of?
Ducklings is the plural of duckling.

Words near ducklings in the dictionary

  1. ducklessness
  2. ducklet
  3. ducklets
  4. ducklike
  5. duckling
  6. ducklings
  7. ducklips
  8. duckly
  9. Duckmaloi
  10. duckman
  11. Duckmans

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