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A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg., the wild carrot (Daucus carota).
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Any tangle of fibers resembling a typical nest of a bird.
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nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bird nest, birdnest
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Broader terms: nest
Narrower terms: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry
From Middle English birdis nest, bryddys neste, equivalent to bird's + nest.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Burmese:
ငှက်သိုက်
(hngaksuik)
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Chinese Mandarin:
鳥巢 /鸟巢
(niǎocháo)
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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French:
nid d'oiseau
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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German:
Vogelnest
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Malayalam:
കിളിക്കൂട്
(kiḷikkūṭŭ)
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Māori:
kōpae
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Māori:
ōhanga
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Māori:
ōwhanga
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Māori:
kōhanga
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Māori:
kōwhanga
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Nihali:
बुदलिच
(budlic)
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fuglereir
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fuglereir
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Polish:
ptasie gniazdo
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
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Swedish:
fågelbo
— A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.