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nestling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baby bird |
| Type of | young bird |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
| Type of | juvenile person, juvenile |
| Has types | buster, changeling, child prodigy, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, bairn, bambino, wonder child, yearling, kiddie, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler, tot, urchin, waif |
Examples of nestling
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Pour the mixture into the baking dish, nestling the apples around the pork chops.
From the post-gazette.com
But some researchers find unimagined complexity nestling in our crowning glory.
From the newscientist.com
The old fashion advert of a diamond nestling in a cleavage is not what women want.
From the independent.co.uk
It feeds mostly on seeds, as well as insects while breeding and as a nestling.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Add a piece of fish to each, nestling it into the center of the corn mixture.
From the boston.com
Nestling mortality of granivorous birds due to microorganisms and toxic substances.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The water was so warm, nestling as it did upon the shallow sandy bottom of the loch.
From the telegraph.co.uk
After all, it's taken a while to have the Webb Ellis Cup nestling within these shores.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Today's wireless device is the sleek mobile phone nestling in your pocket.
From the economist.com
- Young bird not yet fledged
- Child: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
- (nestled) drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection; "saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside"; "like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms"
- Birds (class Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. ...
- (Nests) A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal's eggs and/or provide a place to live or raise offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building. ...
- A small bird that is still confined to the nest
- (nestlings) Until a baby bird is about 3 weeks old, it is considered to be a nestling
- (Nests) are hard to reach and monitor, but the number is low, probably less than 30 pairs.
- A baby hummingbird still in the nest; also called a chick.
