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Перевод: nestling

[существительное]
птенчик ; малыш ; птенец

Тезаурус:

1. The "irresistibility theory" fits with the views of early German ornithologists who referred to foster-parents as behaving like "addicts" and to the cuckoo nestling as their "vice,.
2. The gardens and grounds covered eight acres, nestling at the northern foot of Shotover Hill.
3. For him the small, ancient Saxon church of Clayton, nestling at the foot of the Sussex Downs.
4. We lifted them into place, one of them nestling in precisely to the mark on the wall, left by the previous incumbent.
5. Just five minutes walk from the beach and the nightlife, these bungalow-style studios can be found nestling in a quiet spot.
6. Any cuckoo nestling that lost its hold, even momentarily, over its host would have died as a result.
7. So enticing is the red gape of a cuckoo nestling that it is not uncommon for ornithologists to see a bird dropping food into the mouth of a baby cuckoo sitting in some other bird's nest!
8. There are pretty thatched cottages, nestling in the shade of coconut, mango and breadfruit, and decked out with bright hibiscus and bougainvillaea.
9. Each individual cuckoo nestling is descended from a long line of ancestral cuckoo nestlings, every single one of whom must have succeeded in manipulating its foster-parent.
10. She heard the almost imperceptible hum of a Rolls-Royce drawing up, then saw the tip of a huge Havana cigar appearing over the hedge, followed by a red face nestling in an astrakhan collar.
11. The faces and voices of the two young men, one about my age, the other hardly fourteen, one standing right behind the newspaper man the other nestling next to him, were by no means devoid of expression.
12. He rummages in the back of his wardrobe for an old black shoe with a suitable lace and uncovers a cardboard box containing a brand-new clock radio, made in Hong Kong, sealed in a transparent plastic envelope and nestling in a polystyrene mould.
13. As he drew closer he counted four sleeping on the water; necks curled back, heads nestling under wings.