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See also: Cygnet
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Mute_swan_%28Cygnus_olor%29_and_cygnets.jpg/220px-Mute_swan_%28Cygnus_olor%29_and_cygnets.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Trumpeter_Swan_with_Cygnet_on_Seedskadee_National_Wildlife_Refuge_%2822154522678%29.jpg/220px-Trumpeter_Swan_with_Cygnet_on_Seedskadee_National_Wildlife_Refuge_%2822154522678%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Nomen
[edit]cygnet (plural cygnets)
- The young of a swan.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King John:
- I am the cygnet to this pale faint swan,
Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death,
And from the organ-pipe of frailty sings
His soul and body to their lasting rest.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]young of a swan
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