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单词 nestling
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nestling

noun

nest·​ling ˈnest-liŋ How to pronounce nestling (audio)
: a young bird that has not left the nest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings’ babbling increase? Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Researchers in Berkeley first met Grinnell in 2013 as a nestling, and Annie appeared a few years later. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021 Young #1111’s parents, both bred in captivity and released into Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in the late aughts, have been together for four years, and this is their fourth nestling. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021 The entire operation is brief and the nestling is returned home. Amy Joi O'donoghue, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021 In 2003, the first nestling fledged outside of an aviary since 1981. Jak Wonderly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2021 There, in a hollow cavity halfway up a 200-foot redwood, a webcam monitored her life from hatchling to nestling, a drama streamed to viewers all over the world. Jak Wonderly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2021 But a few days later, a biologist was able to confirm that the nestling was healthy and active. Jesse Klein, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020 That gave the bird an extra week to fledge; a wildlife biologist estimated the nestling would need two to three weeks to fledge. Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

nestling

noun

nest·​ling ˈnest-liŋ How to pronounce nestling (audio)
: a young bird not yet able to leave the nest

nestling 1 of 2

noun

as in infant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • infant
  • newborn
  • chick
  • neonate
  • juvenile
  • adolescent
  • toddler
  • bantling
  • tike
  • youngster
  • bud
  • moppet
  • tyke
  • baby
  • child
  • sprout
  • kid
  • weanling
  • tot
  • youngling
  • cub
  • bairn
  • youth
  • sprat
  • preschooler
  • babe
  • minor
  • bambino
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • cherub
  • jackanapes
  • urchin
  • whelp
  • squirt
  • schoolchild
  • whippersnapper
  • rug rat
  • kiddy
  • nipper
  • tween
  • schoolboy
  • imp
  • monkey
  • teen
  • chap
  • kindergartner
  • rascal
  • teenager
  • rapscallion
  • schoolgirl
  • kindergartener
  • stripling
  • rogue
  • schoolkid
  • subteen
  • lad
  • teenybopper
  • preteen
  • shaver
  • tad
  • mischief
  • teener
  • hoyden
  • bobby-soxer
  • tomboy
  • preteen-ager

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ancient
  • adult
  • elder
  • senior citizen
  • oldster
  • middle-ager
  • senior
  • old-timer
  • golden-ager
  • grown-up
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nestling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of nestle
1
as in cuddling
to lie close nestled in next to the other kittens in the box

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • cuddling
  • snuggling
  • nuzzling
  • crouching
  • snoozling
  • huddling
  • curling up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • shrinking
  • recoiling
  • wincing
  • quailing
  • starting
  • flinching
  • shying
  • blenching
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2
as in snuggling
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily nestling with her children on the couch

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • snuggling
  • snugging
  • crouching
  • burrowing
  • curling up
  • squatting
  • huddling
  • hunching
  • couching
  • scrunching
  • hunkering (down)
  • squinching
3
as in perching
to establish or place comfortably or snugly we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • perching
  • lodging
  • positioning
  • roosting
  • settling
  • parking
  • ensconcing
  • planting
  • situating
  • installing
  • housing
  • locating
  • burrowing
  • stationing
  • anchoring
  • deploying
  • bivouacking
  • setting
  • camping
  • emplacing
  • harboring
  • fixing
  • curling up
  • camping (out)
  • digging in
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