cygnet
Cob's downy offspring
A cygnet is a young swan.
The word distinguishes the gray, downy juveniles from the elegant white adults: The mother swan glided across the pond with her cygnets trailing behind.
Recently emerged young
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- nestlingUnfledged young bird
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- goslingJuvenile waterfowl
duckling · chick · brood · juvenile · yearling · immature · pullet · squab
Uncontaminated quality
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- guilelessFree from deceit
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- unsulliedNot made impure
childlike · angelic · trustful · unspoiled · gentle · vulnerable · tender · delicate
Process of becoming complete
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
- featheringAdjusting blade pitch horizontally
- fledgingAcquiring adult feathers
weaning · nurture · rearing · plumage · pinfeathers · down · imprinting · brooding
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- swanlikeResembling an elegant waterfowl
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- sereneUntroubled and composed
floating · swimming · waterbird · lake · pond · river · wetland · trumpeter
Profound biological restructuring
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- changeTo make different
- emergenceComing into existence
- progressionSequential forward movement
unfolding · fairy-tale · potential · promise · becoming
hatchling
Recently emerged young
gosling · duckling · chick · brood · juvenile · yearling · immature · pullet · squab · poult
purity
Uncontaminated quality
- naivetyInnocent lack of experience
- guilelessFree from deceit
- unblemishedFree from any defect
unsullied · childlike · angelic · trustful · unspoiled · gentle · vulnerable · tender · delicate · soft
maturation
Process of becoming complete
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
- featheringAdjusting blade pitch horizontally
fledging · weaning · nurture · rearing · plumage · pinfeathers · down · imprinting · brooding · pen
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
serene · floating · swimming · waterbird · lake · pond · river · wetland · trumpeter · whooper
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- changeTo make different
- emergenceComing into existence
progression · unfolding · fairy-tale · potential · promise · becoming
- baby animalspuppy, kitten, chick, chicks, duckling
- baby birdschicks, ducklings, chick, duckling, goslings
- hatchlingshatchling, chick, duckling, gosling, eaglet
- Waterfowlduck, goose, swan, mallard, drake
- young animalspuppy, puppies, kitten, kittens, chick
- duck pondducks, mallard, drake, duckling, duckweed