rooklet

English

Etymology

From rook +‎ -let.

Noun

rooklet (plural rooklets)

1. A little rook (type of bird).
   • 1881, Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson, What the Blackbird Said: A Story in Four Chirps, page 43:

     […] and a thud at the foot of the tree, would tell of the premature decease of a promising rooklet.

   • The Sportswoman's Library (volume 1)

     […] barrel of my rifle vainly attempting to draw a bead upon the swinging rooklet, until everything becomes blurred and blotted, […]