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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -bird's nest-, *bird's nest*
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WordNet (3.0)
bird's nest(n) nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young, Syn. birdnest, bird nest
bird's nest fern(n) tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches, Syn. Asplenium nidus

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Bird's-nest

{ or } n. 1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algæ. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (Neottia nidus-avis). [ 1913 Webster ]


Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaced by sugar. --
Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Bird's nest

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary
鸟巢[niǎo cháo, ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ, 鸟 巢 / 鳥 巢] bird's nest #22,817 [Add to Longdo]
燕窝[yàn wō, ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ, 燕 窝 / 燕 窩] bird's nest soup #29,227 [Add to Longdo]
鸟窝[niǎo wō, ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄛ, 鸟 窝 / 鳥 窩] bird's nest [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
ツバメの巣;燕の巣[ツバメのす(ツバメの巣);つばめのす(燕の巣), tsubame nosu ( tsubame no su ); tsubamenosu ( tsubame no su )] (n) (1) swallow's nest; (2) { food } swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) [Add to Longdo]
燕巣[えんそう;えんず, ensou ; enzu] (n) (obsc) (See ツバメの巣・2) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest [Add to Longdo]
燕窩[えんか;イェンウオ, enka ; ien'uo] (n) (uk) (See ツバメの巣・2) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup) [Add to Longdo]
托卵;託卵(iK)[たくらん, takuran] (n) brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.) [Add to Longdo]

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