A badger's nest is called a sett.
An eagle's nest is called an eyrie.
A squirrel's or ringtail possum's nest is called a drey.
A hare's nest is called a form.
A pheasant's nest is called a nide.
A wasps' nest is called a vespiary.
Dutch: nestje
French: nid
German: Nest
Italian: nido
Spanish: cueva
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Nest
noun
a structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young
a place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young
a snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or job situation
a retreat, or place of habitual resort
a hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt
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nest (nst)
n.
1.
a. A container or shelter made by a bird out of twigs, grass, or other material to hold its eggs and young.
b. A similar structure in which fish, insects, or other animals deposit eggs or keep their young.
c. A place in which young are reared; a lair.
d. A number of insects, birds, or other animals occupying such a place: a nest of hornets.
2. A place affording snug refuge or lodging; a home.
3.
a. A place or environment that fosters rapid growth or development, especially of something undesirable; a hotbed: a nest of criminal activity.
b. Those who occupy or frequent such a place or environment.
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a. A set of objects of graduated size that can be stacked together, each fitting within the one immediately larger: a nest of tables.
b. A cluster of similar things.
5. Computer Science A set of data contained sequentially within another.
6. A group of weapons in a prepared position: a machine-gun nest.
v. nest·ed, nest·ing, nests
v.intr.
1. To build or occupy a nest.
2. To create and settle into a warm and secure refuge.
3. To hunt for birds' nests, especially in order to collect the eggs.
4. To fit together in a stack.
v.tr.
1. To place in or as if in a nest.
2. To put snugly together or inside one another: to nest boxes.
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