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nest·ling

(nĕst′lĭng, nĕs′-)

1. A young bird that has not yet left its nest.

2. A young child.

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nestling

(ˈnɛstlɪŋ; ˈnɛslɪŋ)

1. (Zoology)

a. a young bird not yet fledged

b. (as modifier): a nestling thrush.

2. any young person or animal

[C14: from nest + -ling¹]

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nest•ling

(ˈnɛst lɪŋ, ˈnɛs lɪŋ)

n.

1. a bird too young to leave the nest.

2. a young child or infant.

[1350–1400]

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Noun	1.	nestling - young bird not yet fledged baby bird young bird - a bird that is still young
	2.	nestling - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" kid, minor, nipper, child, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, tyke, fry child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

nestling

noun chick, fledgling, baby bird The nestlings are six weeks old when they fly for the first time.

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Translations

فَرْخ طائِر

pískleptačí mládě

fugleunge

oisillon

madárfióka

hreiîurungi

uccellino implume

lamprei

птенец

holíča

kuş civciviyuva kuşu

雏鸟

nestling

[ˈneslɪŋ] N → polluelo m

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nestling

[ˈnɛslɪŋ] n (= bird) → oisillon mnest of tables n → table f gigogne

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nestling

n → Nestling m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nestling

[ˈnɛslɪŋ] n → uccellino di nido, nidiaceo

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nest

(nest) noun

a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest.

verb

to build a nest and live in it. A pair of robins are nesting in that bush.

ˈnestling (-liŋ) noun

a young bird (still in the nest).

ˈnest-egg noun

a sum of money saved up for the future.

feather one's (own) nestfeather

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For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes, Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda, Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.

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"Give me a kiss," she said, nestling exhausted in my arms.

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The vicarage, nestling close under the shadow of the church-tower, threw no illumination of fire-light or candle-light on the dreary scene.

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How could you, my poor little unfledged nestling, find yourself food, and defend yourself from misfortune, and ward off the wiles of evil men?

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A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. The Swallow, finding her nest empty, lamented greatly and exclaimed: "Woe to me a stranger!

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We used data from 882 nestling house sparrows in western Nebraska from 2006 to 2008 to examine seasonal variation and age-related correlates of virus infection in the field.

J Wildl Dis.: Seasonal variation and age-related correlates of buggy-creek virus (Togaviridae) infection in nestling house sparrows

She and her colleagues fed chicks only when they begged at a certain instensity, and the nestling house sparrows needed only a few hours to find the begging levels that got them the most goodies.