Except when nesting, swifts spend their lives in the air, living on the insects caught in flight; they drink, feed, mate and sleep on the wing.
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Nesting
//ˈnɛstɪŋ//
Synonyms for "nesting" (43 found)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- aniuament noun (computing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another)
- nidificació noun (the process by which a bird nests)
Finnish
3 entries- pesiminen noun (the process by which a bird nests)
- pesintä noun (the process by which a bird nests)
- sisäkkäisyys noun (computing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another)
French
1 entries- nidification noun (the process by which a bird nests)
Polish
1 entries- gniazdowanie noun (the process by which a bird nests)
Spanish
3 entries- anidación noun (the process by which a bird nests)
- anidamiento noun (the process by which a bird nests)
- nidificación noun (the process by which a bird nests)
Swedish
1 entries- nästling noun (computing: enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom discovered swallows nesting inside the garage.
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This beach is a nesting ground for sea turtles.
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Coastal development and village sprawl is occurring at a rapid rate and is resulting in a loss of sea turtle nesting areas with associated disturbance of nesting females.
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