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nutlings

nutlings is the plural of nutling.

Meaning of nutling

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

Questions about nutlings

What is nutlings the plural of?
Nutlings is the plural of nutling.

Words near nutlings in the dictionary

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

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