1. The
nest in which a
bird lays
eggs and hatches her young.
2. The
nest of a
little swallow (Collocalia nidifica and different allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is
mixed with soups.
The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on
rocky coasts, and are composed in
part of algae. They are of the
size of a
goose egg, and in stuff resemble isinglass.
3.
An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus Neottia (N. Nidus-avis) Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose cores have been replaces by sugar. Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys.
Source: Websters Vocabulary