Definitions for kingletˈkɪŋ lɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

king•letˈkɪŋ lɪt(n.)

  1. a king ruling over a small country or territory.

    Category: Government

  2. any of several very small songbirds of the genus Regulus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a patch of bright color on the crown of the head.

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of kinglet:

1595–1605

Princeton's WordNet

  1. kinglet(noun)

    small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

Wiktionary

  1. kinglet(Noun)

    A petty king; a king ruling over a small or unimportant territory.

  2. kinglet(Noun)

    A bird of the crest family (Regulidae).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kinglet(noun)

    a little king; a weak or insignificant king

  2. Kinglet(noun)

    any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae


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