Bĭrd’s’nĕst, n.

n. [bird and nest.]

1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
2. (Cookery.) The nest of a small swallow, of China and the neighboring countries, delicately tasted, and mixed with soups. This nest is found in the rocks on the sea-coast; it is of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resembles isinglass.
3. (Bot.) (a.) An orchideous plant, of the genus Ophrys or twyblade. (b.) A species of Orchis.