Cygnet (4 letters)

{ Answer }

SWAN

{ Related Clues }

Bird
"___ Lake"
Ballet bird
Certain trumpeter
Cob or pen
Disguise for Zeus
Exemplar of grace
Graceful bird
Kind of dive
Kind of song
Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___
Pavlova portrayal
Pen with eggs
Tchaikovsky's "___ Lake"
Trumpeting bird
Type of dive
The ugly duckling
Whooper, e.g.
Bird portrayed by Pavlova
Type of dive or song
Ugly duckling, eventually
Ugly duckling, ultimately
E. B. White's "The Trumpet of the ___"
Sweet ___ of Avon (epithet for Shakespeare)

{ Tags }

ballet, bird, cob, constellation, cygnet, dive, duckling, eg, grace, graceful, kind, lake, park, pavlova, pen, song, swan, swimmer, trumpeter, type, ugly

{ Notes }

The answer SWAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SWAN as a noun:

1. stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

SWAN as a verb:

1. (affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear) = to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

2. (roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond) = move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

3. sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"