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rooklet

rooklet noun: a little rook (type of bird).

Noun

rooklet (plural rooklets)

  1. A little rook (type of bird).
    • […] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet.1881, Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson, What the Blackbird Said: A Story in Four Chirps, page 43
    • […] barrel of my rifle vainly attempting to draw a bead upon the swinging rooklet, until everything becomes blurred and blotted, […]The Sportswoman's Library (volume 1)

Forms of rooklet

pluralrooklets

Origin of rooklet

From rook + -let.

Questions about rooklet

What does rooklet mean?
Rooklet means a little rook (type of bird).
What part of speech is rooklet?
Rooklet is a noun.
What is the plural of rooklet?
The plural of rooklet is rooklets.

Words near rooklet in the dictionary

  1. rookiest
  2. rooking
  3. rookings
  4. rookish
  5. rookless
  6. rooklet
  7. rooklets
  8. rooklike
  9. rooks
  10. Rooks County
  11. Rookstool

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