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CYGNET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cygnet mean?
• CYGNET (noun)
The noun CYGNET has 1 sense:
1. a young swan
Familiarity information: CYGNET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young swan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cygnet" is a kind of...):
young bird (a bird that is still young)
swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)
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