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bird's nest

bird's nest noun: a structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.

Noun

bird's nest (plural bird's nests or birds' nests)

  1. A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
  2. Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg., the wild carrot (Daucus carota).
  3. Any tangle of fibers resembling a typical nest of a bird.

bird's nest meaning in Malayalam, Arabic and Myanmar

bird's nest in Malayalam

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
കിളിക്കൂട് kiḷikkūṭŭ

bird's nest in Arabic

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
أُكْنَة ʔukna, وُكْنَة wukna

bird's nest in Myanmar

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
ငှက်သိုက် hngaksuik

Forms of bird's nest

pluralbird's nests
pluralbirds' nests
alternative formbird-nest
alternative formbird nest
alternative formbirdnest
alternative formbirdsnest

Origin of bird's nest

From Middle English birdis nest, bryddys neste, equivalent to bird's + nest.

Words formed from bird's nest

Questions about bird's nest

What does bird's nest mean?
Bird's nest means a structure built by a bird as a place to incubate its eggs and rear its young.
What is bird's nest in Malayalam?
Bird's nest in Malayalam is കിളിക്കൂട് (kiḷikkūṭŭ). See Bird's nest meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is bird's nest?
Bird's nest is a noun.
What is the plural of bird's nest?
The plural of bird's nest is bird's nests.

Words near bird's nest in the dictionary

  1. bird's eye
  2. bird's eye chili
  3. bird's eye chilis
  4. Bird's Head
  5. bird's mouth
  6. bird's nest
  7. bird's nest cut
  8. bird's nest cuts
  9. bird's nest fungi
  10. bird's nest fungus
  11. bird's nest pudding

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