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Plural of duckling

regular plural

The plural of duckling is ducklings.

Forms of duckling

Singularduckling /ˈdʌklɪŋ/
Pluralducklings
Countablecountable

Ducklings in a sentence

  • Muscovy ducks with ducklings.1961, Allan A[rthur] McArdle, Poultry Management and Production (Agricultural and Livestock Series), Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus and Robertson...
  • Behind her trailed twelve more English ships of the line like a paddling of ducklings.2018, Gerald Stulc, The Surgion's Mate, Sarasota, Florida: First Edition Design Publishing. From the entry paddling
  • Once ducklings are imprinted on someone or something, it's virtually impossible to unimprint them.1991, Judith Rich Harris, Robert M. Liebert, The Child: A Contemporary View of Development, page 203. From the entry unimprint
  • A waddle of ducks and ducklings appeared around her feet.2024, micheal dubh, The Girl who Rode the Unihorn: Of love and climate devastation, Seanchaidh, page 333. From the entry waddle

Meaning of duckling

  1. noun A young duck.
  2. noun A young female duck.

Full definition of duckling

Questions about the plural of duckling

What is the plural of duckling?
The plural of duckling is ducklings.
Is duckling countable?
Duckling is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duckling (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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