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nest scrapes

nest scrapes is the plural of nest scrape.

Meaning of nest scrape

Noun

nest scrape (plural nest scrapes)

  1. A shallow depression used by ground birds as a nest; a scrape.
    • The breeding in 1966 is apparently the first reported from the Hazen area, although rare breeding in the past is suggested by one very old nest scrape on the study area.1931, Deutsche Archiv für Polarforschung, Archiv für Polarforschung in Kiel, Vereinigung zur Förderung des Archivs für Polarforschung, Polarforschung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polarforschung, etc....

Questions about nest scrapes

What is nest scrapes the plural of?
Nest scrapes is the plural of nest scrape.

Words near nest scrapes in the dictionary

  1. nest boxes
  2. nest egg
  3. nest eggs
  4. nest of vipers
  5. nest scrape
  6. nest scrapes
  7. nest together
  8. nest-building
  9. nestability
  10. nestable
  11. nestage

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