nest material

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• Nest box — Typical nest boxes in the UK …   Wikipedia

• Nest [1] — Nest (hierzu Tafel »Nester I und II«), die von Tieren zum Schutz für die unerwachsene Nachkommenschaft hergerichtete Wohnstätte. Von den Wirbeltieren bauen einige Fische, wie der Stichling, und einige Säugetiere, wie das Eichhörnchen, Nester,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Nest — For other uses, see Nest (disambiguation). A bird s nest A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal s eggs and/or provide a place to live or raise offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or… …   Wikipedia

• Nest-building in primates — In the primate order, nest building behaviour is displayed by prosimians and the great apes. Prosimians build nests instinctively for long durations and these are used not just for sleeping but also raising for families. Great apes build nests… …   Wikipedia

• nest — nestable, adj. nester, n. nestlike, adj. nesty, adj. /nest/, n. 1. a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear …   Universalium

• Bird nest — For animal nests in general, see Nest. For other uses, see Bird s nest. Deep cup nest of the Great Reed warbler A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a… …   Wikipedia

• Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve — Crow s Nest Point looking northeast Location Stafford County, Virginia, USA …   Wikipedia

• Edible-nest Swiftlet — Esculent Swallow and Nest by John Latham Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• To stir up a hornet's nest — Hornet Hor net, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz, G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D. horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large, strong… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mound nest — (ARTHROPODA) Nest or part of one built above ground of soil or carton material …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• bird's-nest orchid — ▪ plant       (Neottia nidus avis), European plant of the family Orchidaceae that lacks chlorophyll and obtains its food from decaying organic material with the help of mycorrhizae. Its numerous pale brown flowers are borne on a leafless spike.… …   Universalium