"lakelet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lakelets [plural]
Etymology: lake + -let Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lake|let}} lake + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} lakelet (plural lakelets)
  1. A small lake.
    Sense id: en-lakelet-en-noun-vmdP-AJm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -let

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          "text": "1907, Kalevala, translated by W. F. Kirby, Vol. 2, London: J.M. Dent & New York: E.P. Dutton, Runo XXXI, 137-140, p. 72, https://archive.org/details/kalevalalandofhe02kirbiala\nThere was water in the lakelet, / Which perchance might fill two ladles, / Or if more exactly measured, / Partly was a third filled also."
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