rooklet

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noun

A little rook (type of bird).

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Meanings

nounrooklet (plural rooklets)

plural rooklets

  1. A little rook (type of bird).

    […] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet.

    1881, Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson, What the Blackbird Said: A Story in Four Chirps, page 43
    1 more example

    […] barrel of my rifle vainly attempting to draw a bead upon the swinging rooklet, until everything becomes blurred and blotted, […]

    The Sportswoman's Library (volume 1)

Origin

From rook + -let.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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