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NESTLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Young bird not yet fledged

Synonyms:

baby bird; nestling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nestling" is a kind of...):

young bird (a bird that is still young)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A young person of either sex

Example:

'tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Synonyms:

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nestling" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Meronyms (parts of "nestling"):

child's body (the body of a human child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nestling"):

street child; waif (a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned)

urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)

bambino; toddler; tot; yearling (a young child)

sprog (a child)

silly (a word used for misbehaving children)

kindergartener; kindergartner; preschooler (a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten)

poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

peanut (a young child who is small for his age)

orphan (a child who has lost both parents)

kiddie; kiddy (informal term for a young child)

imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp (one who is playfully mischievous)

foster-child; foster child; fosterling (a child who is raised by foster parents)

child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)

changeling (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)

buster (a robust child)

bairn (a child: son or daughter)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb nestle

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