cygnet
noun/ˈsɪɡnət/
/ˈsɪɡnət/
- a young swan (= a large white bird with a long neck that lives on or near water)Topics Birdsc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne ‘swan’, based on Latin cycnus, from Greek kuknos.
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