nestlings

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noun very young person

late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from nest (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling.

And the belated blackbird paused on the way to its nestlings.

Crows and sparrows were busy with breakfast for their nestlings.

The distress of parents, the panic of nestlings, give me no pleasure.

Possibly there were nestlings in that snug and inaccessible home.

There is a time for nestlings—and a time for great migratory flights.

Somehow, Jolly Robin managed to eat more than the rest of the nestlings.

The urchin in the enemy's tree was not the most unfortunate of the nestlings.

It was then freed, and was three hours before it found its way back to its nestlings.

The nestlings had eels, skinks, and insects in their stomachs.

The parent birds did not appear ever to bring water to the nestlings.