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cyg⋅net

  [sig-nit]
–noun
a young swan.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME signet < L cygnus, var. of cycnus < Gk kýknos swan; see -et
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cyg·net   (sĭg'nĭt)   
n.  A young swan.

[Middle English cignet, from Anglo-Norman, diminutive of Old French cygne, swan, from Latin cygnus, from Greek kuknos.]
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cygnet 
1400, from Anglo-Fr., dim. of O.Fr. cigne "swan," from L. cygnus, from Gk. kyknos.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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