| 单词 | nest-mate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnest-mate nest-mate n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > nestling(s) nestlingc1450 birdling1611 nestler1611 broodling1673 gorlin1721 nest-matea1834 broodlet1866 downy1911 nidicole1962 the world > animals > birds > nest or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that builds or lives in > one of a group in nest nest-matea1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Char. in Compl. Wks. (1854) VII. 326 His old nest-mates chang'd their note. 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man x. 214 The nestling cuckoo..does not know why he is murdering his fellow nest-mates. 1994 Sci. Amer. June 52/1 For many centuries, naturalists have observed that honeybees tell their nestmates about discoveries they make beyond the hive. < as lemmas |
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