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English noun: nestling | |||
| 1. | nestling (animal) young bird not yet fledged | ||
| Synonyms | baby bird | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | young bird | ||
| 2. | nestling (person) a young person of either sex | ||
| Samples | She writes books for children. They're just kids. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster. | ||
| Synonyms | child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | juvenile, juvenile person | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, child prodigy, foster child, foster-child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, wonder child, yearling | ||
| Part holonym | child's body | ||
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