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Definition of nestling
: a young bird that has not left the nest
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Recent Examples of nestling from the Web
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Among birds, whip-poor-will nestlings hatch from their eggs during the new moon.
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Because the nests and nestlings are extremely vulnerable to predators during this time, the parents do their best to build nests in safe and camouflaged locations.
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Already larger than the host chicks, the cowbird then out-competes them for food the host adults bring to the nestlings.
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Nestlings fall into one of two categories: precocial and altricial.
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The nestling wasn't the first hawk brought this month to Willowbrook by Naperville Animal Control.
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On a recent Saturday morning, volunteers Lee and Connie Witkowski of Lemont helped visitors by aiming one scope at a white egret feeding her nestlings, and the other at visiting mute swans in the water.
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After hatching, the female often broods on the nestlings for another day/night, in part to help groom her feather oil into theirs.
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Even at that point in the third quarter, forcing more from LeBron James would have proved a better option than another Irving drive and off-balance leaner nestling into the net.
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First Known Use of nestling
14th century
NESTLING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of nestling for English Language Learners
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: a young bird that is not yet able to fly away from the nest
NESTLING Defined for Kids
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Definition of nestling for Students
: a young bird not yet able to leave the nest
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