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nestage

nestage noun: nesting; the construction of nests.

Noun

nestage (uncountable)

  1. Nesting; the construction of nests.
    • Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present abode at Fox's Know, where they have been located about six years.1868, History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, volumes 4-5, page 223

Origin of nestage

From nest + -age.

Questions about nestage

What does nestage mean?
Nestage means nesting; the construction of nests.
What part of speech is nestage?
Nestage is a noun.

Words near nestage in the dictionary

  1. nest scrapes
  2. nest together
  3. nest-building
  4. nestability
  5. nestable
  6. nestage
  7. nestbox
  8. nestboxes
  9. nestbuilding
  10. nestcam
  11. nestcams

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