nestlingnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnest.lɪŋ/us/ˈnest.lɪŋ/a young bird that has not yet learned to fly and still lives in the nest built by its parents
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- foal
- frogspawn
- fry
- gosling
- heifer
- litter
- owlet
- peachick
- piglet
- pup
- puppy
- spawn
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