Definition of Cygnets. Meaning of Cygnets. Synonyms of Cygnets

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Definition of Cygnets

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Cygnet Cyg"net (s[i^]g"n[e^]t), n. [Dim. of F. cygne swan, L. cycnus. cygnus, fr. Gr. ky`klos: but F. cygne seems to be an etymological spelling of OF. cisne, fr. LL. cecinus, cicinus, perh. ultimately also fr. Gr. ky`klos.] (Zo["o]l.) A young swan. --Shak.

Meaning of Cygnets from wikipedia

- Look up cygnet or cygnets in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cygnet is a young swan. Cygnet may also refer to: Cygnet Island, a small islet in south-eastern...
- cygnets have a leucistic gene. Cygnets grow quickly, reaching a size close to their adult size in approximately three months after hatching. Cygnets typically...
- Cygnet is a town in the Huon Valley, south of Huonville, Tasmania. The bay on which Cygnet sits was originally named by the Indigenous people who occupied...
- wings and beaks. After hatching, the cygnets are tended by the parents for about nine months until fledging. Cygnets may ride on their parent's back for...
- Cygnet may refer to several ships : Cygnet (barque) with which George Strickland Kingston arrived in South Australia in 1836 a privateer ship captained...
- adult trumpeter swan's plumage is entirely white. Like mute swan cygnets, the cygnets of the trumpeter swan have light grey plumage and pinkish legs, gaining...
- Cygnet (/ˈsɪɡnɛt/ SIG-net) is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The po****tion was 543 at the 2020 census. Cygnet was originally called Pleasant...
- The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early Canadian aircraft, with a wall-like "wing" made up of 3,393 tetrahedral cells. It was a...
- Cygnet Cinema is located at 16 Preston Street, Como, Western Australia. It was the first purpose built sound cinema in the suburbs immediately south of...
- Indo-European root *swen(H) ('to sound, to sing'). Young swans are known as cygnets, or, less commonly, as swanlings. The former derives from Old French cigne...