Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pensile, pendulous, or hanging nest.
  • noun A hangbird or hanging-bird.
  • Building a hanging nest: an epithet applied to sundry hangbirds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
  • noun A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
  • noun A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.

Etymologies

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hang +‎ nest

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