drakelet

English

Etymology

drake +‎ -let

Noun

drakelet (plural drakelets)

  1. A male duckling.
    Synonym: drakeling
    Coordinate terms: ducklet, duckling
    • 1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:
      The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.
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