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nutling

nutling noun: a small or juvenile nut; a nutlet.

Noun

nutling (plural nutlings)

  1. (rare) A small or juvenile nut; a nutlet.
    • Seed is very hard to get; the carpels fall while yet green, and you have to quest around each clump to detect the green nutlings lurking here and there in the chinks of the shingle; and then the catching them becomes an agitating business, [...]1917, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 42, page 64

Forms of nutling

pluralnutlings

Origin of nutling

From nut + -ling.

Questions about nutling

What does nutling mean?
Nutling means a small or juvenile nut; a nutlet.
What part of speech is nutling?
Nutling is a noun.
What is the plural of nutling?
The plural of nutling is nutlings.

Words near nutling in the dictionary

  1. nutless
  2. nutlet
  3. nutlets
  4. Nutley
  5. nutlike
  6. nutling
  7. nutlings
  8. nutloaf
  9. nutloaves
  10. nutly
  11. nutmeal

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