The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birdling \Bird"ling\, n. A little bird; a nestling.
Wiktionary
n. A little bird; birdie; a nestling.
Usage examples of "birdling".
I knew a sweet girl, with a bonny blue eye, Who was born in the shade The wild sycamore made, Where the brook sang its song All the summer-day long, And the moments went merrily by, Like the birdlings the moments flew by.
No doubt it would make a tasty meal for the birdlings left in some lofty aerie.
Ursula heard that Boshy had been camped on a far-away creek, waiting for the season of the birdling Galahs.
I knew a sweet girl, with a bonny blue eye, Who was born in the shade The wild sycamore made, Where the brook sang its song All the summer-day long, And the moments went merrily by, Like the birdlings the moments flew by.
A fluffy birdling was cute enough until a child engulfed his own larynx with it.