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Turkling vs Turtling - What's the difference?

turkling | turtling |

As nouns the difference between turkling and turtling

is that turkling is (rare) a young turkey, either wild or domestic while turtling is the hunting of turtles (the reptiles ) or turtling can be a baby turtle.

As a verb turtling is

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turkling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A young turkey, either wild or domestic.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    turtling

    English

    (wikipedia turtling)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • The hunting of turtles (the reptiles ).
  • (nautical) Turning turtle.
  • (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
  • (computer games) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A baby turtle.
  • * 1912 , William Vaughn Moody, The poems and plays of William Vaughn Moody :
    • Drowsy with dawn, barely asail, Buzzes the blue-bottle over the shale, Scared from the pool by the leaping trout; And the brood of turtlings clamber out On the log by their oozy house.
  • * 1997 , in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64, page 94:
    • The turtle-lings , kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.
  • * 2012 , Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil :
    • Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.