Definition of Nestlings. Meaning of Nestlings. Synonyms of Nestlings

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Definition of Nestlings

Nestling
Nestling Nes"tling n. 1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. --Piers Plowman. 2. A nest; a receptacle. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Nestling
Nestling Nes"tling, a. Newly hatched; being yet in the nest.

Meaning of Nestlings from wikipedia

- pellets. It is a common but not universal feature of altricial p****erine nestlings (born helpless, under constant parental care) that instead of excreting...
- slower for the day or two before fledging. Nestlings vocalize to attract parents for feeding. Very young nestlings will beg if the nest is moved, but as they...
- some species, the fecal sacs of small nestlings are eaten by their parents. In other species, and when nestlings are older, sacs are typically taken some...
- loanwords from French (ayre) and word replacements (bird originally meaning "nestling" had replaced OE fugol). By the late 18th century, the British Empire had...
- asynchronous broods, creating a size hierarchy among nestlings, produce more eggs and fledge more nestlings than those which have synchronous broods. The voice...
- affected animal will die within 3–11 months. Philornis botflies often infest nestlings of wild parrots, like scarlet macaws and hyacinth macaws. A method using...
- own egg accidentally). Brown-headed cowbird nestlings are also sometimes expelled from the nest. Nestlings of host species can also alter their behavior...
- range. The average weight at hatching is 3.97 g (0.140 oz), with the nestlings increasing their weight to 20–22 g (0.71–0.78 oz) by 10 days, or 70% of...
- as our successors, persons like Khrushchev for example, who are still nestling beside us.: 47  Later known as the "16 May Notification", this do****ent...
- northern flicker nestlings. The article focused on the correlation between melanin spots and carotenoid-based coloration on the wings of nestlings with food...