noun
Origin: ME cignet, dim. < Fr cygne, swan < VL cicinus < L cycnus < Gr kyknos, swan, prob. echoic (as in Russ kyki, swan's cry)
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cyg·net
nounOrigin: Middle English cignet, from Anglo-Norman, diminutive of Old French cygne, swan, from Latin cygnus, from Greek kuknos.
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