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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 swanplay

  Familiarity information: CYGNET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYGNET (noun)


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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