rooklet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rook +‎ -let

Noun[edit]

rooklet (plural rooklets)

  1. A little rook (type of bird).
    • 1881, Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson, What the Blackbird Said: A Story in Four Chirps, page 43:
      […] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet.
    • The Sportswoman's Library (volume 1)
      […] barrel of my rifle vainly attempting to draw a bead upon the swinging rooklet, until everything becomes blurred and blotted, […]
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