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单词 birdlet
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birdletn.

Brit. /ˈbəːdlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbərdlət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird n., -let suffix.
Etymology: < bird n. + -let suffix.
A little or young bird.
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1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 497 The words floated to my pleased ear, soft, low, and indistinct, as the gentle talk of a dreaming birdlet.
1924 Cosmopolitan Apr. 52/1 An ardent young recruit to the forces of humane endeavor..vigilantly on the outlook for excuse to exercise his powers in behalf of birdlet or beastling.
2011 Times (Nexis) 18 June 21 This merlin on my fist was impossibly minute: a birdlet, a pared-to-the-bone précis of avian deadliness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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