pensile

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Nest—Very rare, only six known; of hair, feathers, moss, etc., bulky, globular, and partly pensile.

From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 by Various

One day I was taken by a native to the centre of a brush, where a gigantic cotton-tree standing alone was hung with about fifty of the large pensile nests of this species.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

Hail, pensile gem, that thus can softly gild The starry coronal of quiet eve!

From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul

Tickell describes the nest as pensile but quite open, being a hemisphere with one side prolonged, by which it is suspended from a twig.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian