nesting material
Soft building supplies
Nesting material is anything birds, rodents, or other animals gather to construct their nests—twigs, grass, leaves, feathers, fur, or scraps of fabric and paper.
Pet stores sell packaged nesting material for caged birds and small mammals.
The term extends to any soft matter collected for bedding: The squirrel stuffed nesting material into the eaves.
- twigsThin woody shoots
- grassNarrow-leaved ground cover
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
straw · mud · lint · fur · wool · weaving · branches · pine needles · down · bark · spider silk · lichen · cotton · dryer lint · hair · rootlets · cozy · soft
- animal testinglab mice, animal testing, lab rats, vivisection, experimentation
- bird breedingegg, hatch, chick, hatching, hatchling
- eggschicken egg, scrambled eggs, duck egg, Easter egg, fried eggs
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- bird housingaviary, birdcage, bird cage, chicken coop, dovecote
- burrowsburrow, rabbit warren, tunnel, warren, fox den
nesting materialtoxin
Biological-origin harm agent
pesticide · poison · pollutant · hazardous material · contaminant
nesting materialnest
Animal-built shelter for young
bird's nest · dwelling · burrow · den
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