"strayling" meaning in All languages combined

See strayling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: straylings [plural]
Etymology: From stray + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stray|ling}} stray + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} strayling (plural straylings)
  1. A little waif or stray; a driftling.

Inflected forms

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