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Definition of Nestlike
1. resembling a nest [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nestlike
Literary usage of Nestlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
"... brighter interests to allow the small traveler to go- to bed feeling not too
lonesome and very like a wee, happy bird in the snug, nestlike upper berth. ..."
2. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"... and in other cases entirely replacing the anorthite, or the corroding magma,
as the case may be, by nestlike aggregates of intermediate silicates. ..."
3. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1890)
"... spicules of various sizes which, intercrossing, form a nestlike, globular
covering around the whole. ..."
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