A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. / Any of several plants having some resemblance to the typical nest of a bird, eg, wild carrot (Dauca carota)

(UK, Australia) The, formerly common, hobby of looking for birds' nests, often with the intention of collecting the eggs.

Alternative form of bird-nesting

Alternative form of birdnest

plural of bird-nest

An epiparasitic plant, Monotropa hypopitys, that uses Tricholoma fungi to extract nutrients from other living plants in the vicinity.

A pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar.

plural of bird's nest fungus

Any of the fungi of the family Nidulariaceae, or of the former order Nidulariales.

The nest of certain species of swiftlet, especially the edible-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus or the black-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus, made by the male swiftlet from its gelatinous saliva, and highly prized in Chinese cuisine for delicacies such as bird's nest soup.