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swallowling

swallowling noun: a young swallow.

Noun

swallowling (plural swallowlings)

  1. A young swallow.
    • Then back to the slender bough, which drooped under the weight of four swallowlings in a row, and now swayed with the agitations of their welcome to hovered wings and a full beak.1923, Harold John Massingham, Untrodden Ways, page 85
    • And swallows are the spring's agents, nesting in the rafters, eating, defecating, procreating, producing prodigious flocks of swallowlings.1989, Stephen Owen, Yuwen (Suo'an), Mi-Lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire (page 92)

Forms of swallowling

pluralswallowlings

Origin of swallowling

From swallow + -ling.

Questions about swallowling

What does swallowling mean?
Swallowling means a young swallow.
What part of speech is swallowling?
Swallowling is a noun.
What is the plural of swallowling?
The plural of swallowling is swallowlings.

Words near swallowling in the dictionary

  1. swallowing the dictionary
  2. swallowing the leek
  3. swallowing up
  4. swallowings
  5. swallowlike
  6. swallowling
  7. swallowlings
  8. swallows
  9. swallows a bitter pill
  10. swallows down
  11. swallows one's pride

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