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fawnling

fawnling noun: a small, young, or baby fawn.

Noun

fawnling (plural fawnlings)

  1. A small, young, or baby fawn.
    • Slay not that my musk-deer fawnling, Hunter! Prithee, have thou shame Of her night-black eye nor bind her With thy lasso long and strait.2012, John Payne Hafiz, The Collected Poems of Hafiz

Forms of fawnling

pluralfawnlings

Origin of fawnling

From fawn + -ling.

Questions about fawnling

What does fawnling mean?
Fawnling means a small, young, or baby fawn.
What part of speech is fawnling?
Fawnling is a noun.
What is the plural of fawnling?
The plural of fawnling is fawnlings.

Words near fawnling in the dictionary

  1. fawnings
  2. fawnish
  3. fawnlike
  4. fawnlilies
  5. fawnlily
  6. fawnling
  7. fawnlings
  8. Fawnlock
  9. fawns
  10. fawns over
  11. fawnsfoot

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