twiglet

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English

Etymology

From twig +‎ -let.

Noun

twiglet (plural twiglets)

  1. A small twig.
    • 1999, Werner R. Loewenstein, The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life:
      But what of the beginnings—to come back to the question—the first stirrings in the biological twiglet of evolution, when that splendid solid-state apparatus had not yet developed and a few smallish organic molecules were all that was?
    • 2015, Nadia Espley, Lieblings:
      She pushed her glasses back up to the bridge of her nose and leaned back on her twiglet arms.