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Another word for nestling

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Noun
      1. (Figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.
      2. (Literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
      3. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly.
      1. (Slang) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
      2. (Slang) A young woman
      3. A child.
      1. An unweaned young animal
      2. A young mammal which isn't weaned yet (such as a (foal) (baby horse) that is still being fed milk by its mother (dam).
      3. (Archaic) An unweaned child
      1. A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate.
      2. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.
      3. A very young child; baby
    See also:

    baby

    bird

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Sentence Examples

  • - Skull of nestling Sparrow !'

  • coast, is a pretty town nestling at the foot of the hills leading to the uplands of the interior.

  • The whole body is covered with a thick coat of short nestling feathers, pure white in colour.

  • The birthplaces of these persons are still known, and to this day there are sequestered villages, nestling near the western base of the Ghats, which are pointed to as being the ancestral homes of men who two centuries ago had political control over half India.

  • In the Highlands they may be counted by hundreds, nestling in the bottoms of the corries.

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