twiglet

English

Etymology

twig +‎ -let

Noun

twiglet (plural twiglets)

1. A small twig.
   • 1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life‎^[1]:

     But what of the beginnings—to come back to the question—the first stirrings in the biological twiglet of evolution, when that splendid solid-state apparatus had not yet developed and a few smallish organic molecules were all that was?

   • 2015, Nadia Espley, Lieblings‎^[2]:

     She pushed her glasses back up to the bridge of her nose and leaned back on her twiglet arms.