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Bird's nest
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What's The Definition Of Bird's nest?
[n] nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bird's nest: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bird's nest: See Also | aerie | aery | eyrie | eyry | nest Bird's nest In Webster's Dictionary \Bird's" nest`\, or Bird's-nest \Bird's-nest\, n.
1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow ({Collocalia
nidifica} and several allied species), of China and the
neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs
on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg[ae].
They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance
resemble isinglass. See Illust. under {Edible}.
3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus
{Neottia} ({N. nidus-avis.})
{Bird's-nest pudding}, a pudding containing apples whose
cores have been replaced by sugar.
{Yellow bird's nest}, a plant, the {Monotropa hypopitys}.
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