"nutling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nutlings [plural]
Etymology: From nut + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nut|ling}} nut + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutling (plural nutlings)
  1. (rare) A small or juvenile nut; a nutlet. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-nutling-en-noun-bM4eQJ-- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Seed is very hard to get; the carpels fall while yet green, and you have to quest around each clump to detect the green nutlings lurking here and there in the chinks of the shingle; and then the catching them becomes an agitating business, [...]",
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