See Also: nestling(dictionary)
nestling(dictionary)

nestling (iou)



nestling noun. LME.
[from NEST noun + -LING1, or NESTLE + -ING3, perh. after Middle Dutch nestelinc (mod. -ling).]
A young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest. LME.
The youngest child of a family. Now rare. L16.