fawnling

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noun

A small, young, or baby fawn.

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Meanings

nounfawnling (plural fawnlings)

plural fawnlings

  1. A small, young, or baby fawn.

    Slay not that my musk-deer fawnling, Hunter! Prithee, have thou shame Of her night-black eye nor bind her With thy lasso long and strait.

    2012, John Payne Hafiz, The Collected Poems of Hafiz

Origin

From fawn + -ling.

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APA

fawnling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawnling

MLA

“fawnling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawnling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fawnling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawnling.

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