nestling

nest·ling

N0067000 (nĕst′lĭng, nĕs′-)n.1. A young bird that has not yet left its nest.2. A young child.

nestling

(ˈnɛstlɪŋ; ˈnɛslɪŋ) n1. (Zoology) a. a young bird not yet fledgedb. (as modifier): a nestling thrush. 2. any young person or animal[C14: from nest + -ling¹]

nest•ling

(ˈnɛst lɪŋ, ˈnɛs lɪŋ)

n. 1. a bird too young to leave the nest. 2. a young child or infant. [1350–1400]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nestling - young bird not yet fledged baby birdyoung bird - a bird that is still young
	2.	nestling - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"kid, minor, nipper, child, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, tyke, frychild's body - the body of a human childjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedbairn - a child: son or daughterbuster - a robust childchangeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancychild prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parentsscamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievouskiddy - a young childorphan - a child who has lost both parentspeanut - a young child who is small for his agepicaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black childposter child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergartensilly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"sprog - a childbambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young childurchin - poor and often mischievous city childstreet child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

nestling

noun chick, fledgling, baby bird The nestlings are six weeks old when they fly for the first time.

Translations

雏鸟

nest

(nest) noun a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young. The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest. 巢 巢 verb to build a nest and live in it. A pair of robins are nesting in that bush. 築巢 筑巢ˈnestling (-liŋ) noun a young bird (still in the nest). 雛鳥 雏鸟ˈnest-egg noun a sum of money saved up for the future. 儲備金 储备金feather one's (own) nestfeather