nestling

See also: Nestling

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English nestling, equivalent to nest +‎ -ling.

NounEdit

nestling ‎(plural nestlings)

1. A small bird that is still confined to the nest.
2. (obsolete) A nest; a receptacle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

TranslationsEdit

small bird

• Adyghe: кӏэтжъый ‎(č̣̍ătẑəj)
• Arabic: فَرْخ m ‎(farḵ)
• Belarusian: птушаня n ‎(ptušanjá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雛鳥 (zh), 雏鸟 (zh) ‎(chúniǎo)

• Czech: ptáče (cs) n
• French: oisillon (fr) m

• Georgian: ბარტყი ‎(barṭq̇i)
• German: Jungvogel (de) m, Küken (de) n, Nestling m
• Japanese: 雛鳥 ‎(ひなどり, hinadori), 雛 (ja) ‎(ひな, hina)
• Polish: pisklę (pl) n
• Russian: птене́ц (ru) m ‎(ptenéc), пте́нчик (ru) m ‎(pténčik)
• Ukrainian: пташеня n ‎(ptašenjá)

Etymology 2Edit

From nestle +‎ -ing.

VerbEdit

nestling

1. present participle of nestle

NounEdit

nestling ‎(plural nestlings)

1. The act of one who nestles.
   • 1871, Kate Neely Hill Festetits, Actions speak louder than words

     It was associated, to them, with vague sweet memories of loving nestlings in mother's arms, of soft warm coddlings before the fire, of slow rocking to and fro in the little, low, flag chair, and gradual droppings off to sleep […]