Bird's nest: alternatives and connections

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.

A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.

A young hawk when it begins to leave the nest and take to the branches.

An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended n…

A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic re…

The nest complement of eggs of a bird.

The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests…

A squirrel's nest.

A squirrel's nest. See Dray.

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle tr…

A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.

Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, a…

A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself.

The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.

a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the wi…

The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.

A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.