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duckling

[ duhk-ling ]

noun

  1. a young duck.


duckling

/ ˈdʌklɪŋ /

noun

  1. a young duck
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of duckling1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; duck 1, -ling 1
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Example Sentences

Earlier research studied how much energy ducklings burn while swimming.

When a duckling swims on its own, it kicks up waves in its wake, using up some energy that would otherwise send it surging ahead.

Earlier measurements of duckling metabolism showed that the youngsters saved energy when swimming behind a leader, but the physics behind that savings wasn’t known.

They’re like little ducklings that are together all the time.

It should be no surprise when you turn the page, see a duckling looking curiously into your eyes and feel an emotional connection.

Eliza was the ugly duckling of her high school, voted “Most Butt” of her senior class.

It's fashionable to lament the status of the novella: unjustly neglected, the ugly duckling of the literary world, etc.

In his six years in Paris, Lebovitz transforms himself from a clueless American duckling into a knowing Parisian swan.

And now it had turned out a real little duckling, that black little fellow Mother Wyandotte was scolding so.

Finally only one duckling remained in the middle of the river, probably at once the strongest and most foolish of the brood.

Lulu was a duckling who could throw a stone almost as well as could Jimmie, but Alice was not so fond of doing this.

They were an odd contrast—the mother and son—suggesting the homely but immortal comparison of the hen with the ugly duckling.

In other words, the elements farmer, kill, and duckling define concepts of a concrete order.

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