Definitions

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  • verb intransitive, of birds To nest again or anew.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ nest

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Examples

  • That means a single act of turkey love can turn a hen into a cold fish: She can lay a clutch of eggs, and then renest if that clutch is destroyed, all without another round of servicing by the gobbler.

    The One-Minute Naturalist: Turkey Mating Behavior 2008

  • Now, if a hen loses her eggs early, while the males are still strutting, she will occasionally come back to breed again and renest.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • Tomorrow, our manager is sending a person to clean, fumigate and seal the opening in the front, hopefully keeping the pigeons away (though we suspect we might need something a bit more forceful to keep them from trying to renest around our apartment).

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

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