Definition of
nestling has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) young bird not yet fledged

Synonyms

baby_bird

Used in print

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

Jubal 's conversations coming and going - Jubal 's words troubled him most ; he studied them , compared them with what he had been taught as a nestling , struggling to bridge between languages , the one he thought with and the one he was learning to think in .

Related terms

young_bird

2
[ noun ] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty)

Synonyms

child kid youngster minor tike tyke tiddler small_fry nipper fry shaver

Examples

"she writes books for children" "they're just kids" "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"

Related terms

juvenile urchin orphan kiddy changeling boy_wonder buster preschooler pickaninny schoolchild silly toddler foster_child waif imp foster-child bairn sprog peanut poster_child child's_body

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

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New_Style nestle nestled

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