ducklet

English

Etymology

From duck +‎ -let.

Noun

ducklet (plural ducklets)

  1. A small duck or duckling.
    • 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 148:
      Immediately there was a spurt of water, the flash of a quickening body - and that was the ducklet as he dived away to join his mates!
    1. (strictly) A young female duck.
      Synonym: duckling
      Coordinate terms: drakelet, drakeling
      • 1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:
        The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.
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