Definition of Cygnets

1. Noun. (plural of cygnet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cygnets

1. cygnet [n] - See also: cygnet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cygnets

cycrimine hydrochloride
cyder
cydere
cyderes
cyders
cydippid
cydippids
cydonin
cyen
cyence
cyens
cyeses
cyesis
cyfluthrin
cygnet
cygnets (current term)
cygnine
cyhalothrin
cyheptamide
cyle
cylices
cylinder
cylinder-head-sector
cylinder block
cylinder function
cylinder functions
cylinder head
cylinder heads
cylinder lock
cylinder press

Literary usage of Cygnets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... of the Royal Game of Swans and cygnets throughout England. London, Printed in 1664. Quarto, containing six Pages. ..."

2. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"BLACK SWANS A\D cygnets. From Living Animals of the World period of moult is practically helpless, it being then an easy matter to row them down and ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"There were 40 Swans and 2 cygnets between London and Ditton, 39 Swans and 12 cygnets between Ditton and Staines, 65 Swans and 25 cygnets between Staines and ..."

4. Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History by Cornwall Simeon (1860)
"Anecdotes in point— Sand-martins at Weybridge—Swallows kitted by Parasites—Swan feeding cygnets—Cock-turkey as Nurse— Disposition of Egg-shells in Nests of ..."

5. May Blossoms by Lilian, Lilian Taylor (1890)
"The boats moored on the water's edge ; The arbor on the shore ; The vine-clad rock upon the hill,— (And I have n't made any more.) THE cygnets. ..."

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