duckling
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- noun
- /ˈdʌk.lɪŋ/
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patito
- In the spring, we often see ducklings waddling behind their mother near the lake.
- little duckling
- fluffy duckling
- baby duckling
We're going to coyote ugly, the ugliest of coyotes, the sort of ugly duckling of the coyotes.
- We're going to coyote ugly, the ugliest of coyotes, the sort of ugly duckling of the coyotes.
- She's going to lay her eggs on American soil so she can have anchor ducklings.
- She's flourished like an ugly duckling who has grown into a swan.
Examples
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The mother duck led her ducklings across the grassy path towards the pond.
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I look out my window and watch her give the duckling to the game warden, who puts it in the van.
Fiction book (1998) -
We have a new mama duck with three cute little ducklings that are about three weeks old.
Blog text (30) -
When the ducklings heard their father quacking, they waddled out to join him.
Fiction book (1997) -
In a game of follow-the-leader, fourteen ducklings wobble, stumble, and fall as Mama duck leads them to the pond three blocks away.
Fiction book (2000) -
She watched as the tiny ducklings swam happily beside their mother's side.
Synonyms
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A very young animal that has just come out of its egg, like a bird or turtle
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A very young bird without enough feathers to fly or leave the nest
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A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
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A baby bird that is not yet an adult
A young animal recently hatched or born
Compounds
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Someone or something that seems not attractive at first but later becomes admired
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Duckling is made from duck plus the little ending -ling, which means 'young' or 'small', like in sapling. So a duckling is simply a 'young' or 'little' duck.