"snakeling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snakelings [plural]
Etymology: snake + -ling Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snake|ling}} snake + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} snakeling (plural snakelings)
  1. Diminutive of snake
    a snake hatchling
    Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Snakes Synonyms: snakelet
    Sense id: en-snakeling-en-noun-wyDNs-Pd Disambiguation of Baby animals: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Snakes: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 25 25 25 25
  2. Diminutive of snake
    a young snake
    Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Snakes Synonyms: snakelet
    Sense id: en-snakeling-en-noun-wCLYC9m2 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Snakes: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 25 25 25 25
  3. Diminutive of snake
    a small snake
    Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Snakes Synonyms: snakelet Translations (a small snake): serpenteau [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-snakeling-en-noun-v3ME3A5B Disambiguation of Baby animals: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Snakes: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of 'a small snake': 8 8 77 8
  4. Diminutive of snake Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: snake Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Snakes Synonyms: snakelet
    Sense id: en-snakeling-en-noun-P2p330eD Disambiguation of Baby animals: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Snakes: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 25 25 25 25

Inflected forms

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