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gorgelet

gorgelet noun: a small gorget of a bird.

Noun

gorgelet (plural gorgelets)

  1. A small gorget of a bird.
    • The head mottled with brownish-black; spots of the same colour, descending in a line from the lower mandible to the upper part of the breast, forming an interrupted gorgelet.1831, John James Audubon, Ornithological Biography, volume 2, The Canada Flycatcher
  2. A small gorge.
    • It seemed to be warmer here at nights than farther upriver, probably because of the southern exposure through the nine gorgelets leading to the South rim.2000, Lewis S. Keizer, Eugene E. Whitworth, Astral Man to Cosmic Christ

Forms of gorgelet

pluralgorgelets

Questions about gorgelet

What does gorgelet mean?
Gorgelet means a small gorget of a bird.
What part of speech is gorgelet?
Gorgelet is a noun.
What is the plural of gorgelet?
The plural of gorgelet is gorgelets.

Words near gorgelet in the dictionary

  1. gorge hook
  2. gorge hooks
  3. gorge walking
  4. gorge-walking
  5. gorged
  6. gorgelet
  7. gorgelets
  8. Gorgenson
  9. gorgeosities
  10. gorgeosity
  11. gorgeous

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