Meanings
nounedible bird's nest (plural edible bird's nests or edible birds' nests)
plural edible bird's nests · plural edible birds' nests
- A nest of certain species of swiftlet, especially edible-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus or the black-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus, made by the male swiftlet from its gelatinous saliva, and highly prized in Chinese cuisine for delicacies such as bird's nest soup.
Translations
Catalan niu d'oreneta
- niu d'orenetanest of certain species of swiftlet
Chinese Mandarin 燕窩 /燕窝
- 燕窩 /燕窝 (yànwō)nest of certain species of swiftlet
Finnish pääskysenpesä
- pääskysenpesänest of certain species of swiftlet
French nid d'hirondelle
- nid d'hirondellenest of certain species of swiftlet
Indonesian sarang burung walet
- sarang burung waletnest of certain species of swiftlet
Japanese 燕窩
- 燕窩 (enka)nest of certain species of swiftlet
Korean 연와
- 연와 (yeonwa)nest of certain species of swiftlet
Polish gniazdo jadalne
- gniazdo jadalnenest of certain species of swiftlet
Russian съедобные птичьи гнёзда
- съедобные птичьи гнёзда (sʺjedobnyje ptičʹi gnjózda)nest of certain species of swiftlet
Tagalog nido
- nidonest of certain species of swiftlet
Thai รังนก
- รังนก (rang-nók)nest of certain species of swiftlet
Vietnamese yến sào
- yến sàonest of certain species of swiftlet
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Chicago
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