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Nestling

Nestling Meaning & Definition
Nestling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nestling?

[n] young bird not yet fledged
[n] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nestling: baby bird | child | fry | kid | minor | nipper | shaver | small fry | tiddler | tike | tyke | youngster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nestling: amorous dalliance | apprentice | avifauna | baby | baby bird | beginner | billing and cooing | bird | bird of Jove | bird of Juno | bird of Minerva | bird of night | bird of passage | bird of prey | birdie | birdlife | birdling | birdy | bundling | cage bird | calf | callow | caressing | catechumen | catling | chick | chickling | chicky | colt | cub | cuddling | cygnet | dalliance | deb | debutant | dewy | diving bird | dogie | dove | duckling | eagle | eaglet | entrant | evergreen | ever-new | fawn | firsthand | fish-eating bird | fledgling | flightless bird | foal | fondling | fowl | fresh | freshman | fruit-eating bird | fryer | fulmar | game bird | gosling | green | greenhorn | greeny | hugging | immature | infant | insect-eating bird | intact | kid | kissing | kit | kitten | lamb | lambkin | learner | litter | lollygagging | lovemaking | maiden | maidenly | migrant | migratory bird | necking | neophyte | neoteric | nest | new | newcomer | novice | novitiate | nuzzling | original | oscine bird | owl | passerine bird | peacock | peafowl | peahen | perching bird | petting | pigeon | piglet | pigling | polliwog | pristine | probationer | pullet | pup | puppy | ratite | raw | raw recruit | recruit | rookie | sea bird | seed-eating bird | sempervirent | sexual intercourse | shoat | shore bird | snuggling | songbird | spooning | squab | storm petrel | stormy petrel | swan | tadpole | tenderfoot | trainee | tyro | unbeaten | undeveloped | unfledged | unhandled | untouched | untried | untrodden | unused | vernal | virgin | virginal | wading bird | warbler | water bird | waterfowl | weaner | whelp | wildfowl | yeanling | young

See Also | bairn | bambino | buster | changeling | child's body | foster-child | imp | juvenile | juvenile person | kiddy | monkey | orphan | picaninny | piccaninny | pickaninny | preschooler | pupil | rapscallion | rascal | scalawag | scallywag | scamp | schoolchild | silly | sprog | toddler | tot | urchin | waif | yearling | young bird

Nestling In Webster's Dictionary

\Nes"tling\ n. 1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. --Piers Plowman. 2. A nest; a receptacle. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\Nes"tling\, a. Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.

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