broodling
/ˈbruːdlɪŋ
/noun rare
A young bird; a nestling: her broodlings have hatched...
- In her unfledged condition the destruction of the local shelter threatened the death of the broodling.
- A tiny feather-stem was made to grow straight out from the broodling's skin.
- Closet and pantry were distrained of their rarest delicacies, and the poultry-yard of its fattest broodlings, to furnish a palatable variety for his table.