cygnet

Converse of subject

accompany: Wheatears were flying around as well, prior to emigration and the Mute Swan couple were accompanied by nine dirty gray cygnets.

Converse of object

• have: The pen, named Sally by local people, nested at the Penny Pond in 1996 and had one cygnet.
• hatch: Last year they hatched three cygnets, unfortunately only one survived to date.
• bear: New born cygnets are mainly lost to crows, herons, magpies, turtles, pike and large perch.
• raise: She had been on the canal with her partner since 1994 and raised cygnets every year.
• call: We found out that baby Swan are called cygnets.
• rear: They are rearing eight thriving cygnets, from an original nine, which we think may include four from our old Mrs Swan.

Adjective modifier

• young: The young cygnets are starting to sprout their adult feathers.
• new: In 1991 there were 116 cygnets and in 1992 the total number of new cygnets marked was 136.
• first: She danced her first Cygnet this season. it was overwhelming.
• gray: On the quiet stretch of the river above the weir, a pair of Mute Swans are still accompanied by their two gray cygnets.
• fluffy: One morning three fluffy young cygnets appeared on the pond with their proud parents, but the remaining egg was not forgotten.
• dirty: Wheatears were flying around as well, prior to emigration and the Mute Swan couple were accompanied by nine dirty gray cygnets.