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twiglet

twiglet noun: a small twig.

Noun

twiglet (plural twiglets)

  1. A small twig.
    • But what of the beginnings—to come back to the question—the first stirrings in the biological twiglet of evolution, when that splendid solid-state apparatus had not yet developed and a few smallish organic molecules were all that was?1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
    • She pushed her glasses back up to the bridge of her nose and leaned back on her twiglet arms.2015, Nadia Espley, Lieblings

Forms of twiglet

pluraltwiglets

Origin of twiglet

From twig + -let.

Questions about twiglet

What does twiglet mean?
Twiglet means a small twig.
What part of speech is twiglet?
Twiglet is a noun.
What is the plural of twiglet?
The plural of twiglet is twiglets.

Words near twiglet in the dictionary

  1. twiggy
  2. twight
  3. twigil
  4. twigils
  5. twigless
  6. twiglet
  7. twiglets
  8. twiglike
  9. twiglit
  10. twigloo
  11. twigloos

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