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bird nest

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bird's nest, bird nest, birdnestnoun

    nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young

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  1. bird nest

    A bird nest is a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its offspring. The nest construction and location can vary widely among different bird species, often constructed using materials such as twigs, leaves, grass, mud, feathers, and can be found on trees, cliffs, or on the ground. Some bird nests are simply shallow depressions in the ground or a hole in a tree.

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  1. Bird nest

    A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made by the bird itself—such as the grassy cup nest of the American Robin or Eurasian Blackbird, or the elaborately woven hanging nest of the Montezuma Oropendola or the Village Weaver—that is too restrictive a definition. For some species, a nest is simply a shallow depression made in sand; for others, it is the knot-hole left by a broken branch, a burrow dug into the ground, a chamber drilled into a tree, an enormous rotting pile of vegetation and earth, a shelf made of dried saliva or a mud dome with an entrance tunnel. The smallest bird nests are those of some hummingbirds, tiny cups which can be a mere 2 cm across and 2–3 cm high. At the other extreme, some nest mounds built by the Dusky Scrubfowl measure more than 11 m in diameter and stand nearly 5 m tall. Not all bird species build nests. Some species lay their eggs directly on the ground or rocky ledges, while brood parasites lay theirs in the nests of other birds, letting unwitting "foster parents" do all the work of rearing the young. Although nests are primarily used for breeding, they may also be reused in the non-breeding season for roosting and some species build special dormitory nests or roost nests that are used only for roosting. Most birds build a new nest each year, though some refurbish their old nests. The large eyries of some eagles are platform nests that have been used and refurbished for several years.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bird nest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bird nest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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