twiglet

English

Etymology

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.