Duck = duckling, chick = chickling?

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Does anyone else ever wonder about this? A baby eagle is an eaglet, a baby owl is an owlet,and yet we don't call them "ducklets" or "chicklets". A gosling, but not a pealing or quailing. Or quailet. Or pealet. Or goslet!

Personally, I think it'd be adorable if we just lumped all baby birds into one of those two categories, either 'lings or 'lets! Crowling! Heronling! Hawklet! ! SPARROWLET!
 
How about falcon chicks? They are called eyas!

Your post made me curious and I looked up a few others. Never knew that crane chicks were called colts!
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tantricdragon13 said:
How about falcon chicks? They are called eyas!

Your post made me curious and I looked up a few others. Never knew that crane chicks were called colts!
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Crazy, iddn't it? And baby sandpipers are peeps! I still think "cranelet" and "piperlet" are cuter, though.
 

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