fingerling noun & adjective. ['fɪŋgǝlɪŋ] LME.
[from FINGER noun + -LING¹.]
A. noun.
1. Each of the fingers of a glove; a finger-stall. LME-L16.

2. A parr; any very young fish. E18.

3. A very small being. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of a fish or other animal: small because still very young. L19.

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