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    NESTLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Young bird not yet fledgedplay

    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 sexplay

    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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