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All baby birds are called chicks. Small birds not yet ready to leave the nest are nestlings. Those who are ready to fly from the nest are called fledglings. I don’t know if all young birds have a name, but here are a few:
Crow: simp
Pigeon: squab
Eagle: eaglet
Falcon/hawk: eyas
Swan: cygnet
Duck: duckling
Chicken: cockerel
Hen: pullet |
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Conchita
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| #3 (permalink) Sat May 20, 2006 20:29 pm Young Ones Of Animals |
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THANK YOU A LOT CONCHITA FOR YOUR KIND ANSWER.
BUT COULD WE SAY?:
MY PIGEON HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A SQUAB
AGAIN THANKS
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| #4 (permalink) Sat May 20, 2006 21:37 pm Young Ones Of Animals |
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| Anonymous wrote: |
BUT COULD WE SAY?:
MY PIGEON HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A SQUAB |
Hi Jane and Jolly
Personally, I would never say that a bird "gave birth to a" baby bird.
A bird first lays eggs. And the eggs later hatch.
Amy
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| #5 (permalink) Sat May 20, 2006 23:16 pm Baby birds |
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| Conchita wrote: |
Crow: simp
Pigeon: squab
Eagle: eaglet
Falcon/hawk: eyas
Swan: cygnet
Duck: duckling
Chicken: cockerel
Hen: pullet |
Honestly, Conchita, except for eaglet and duckling, I don't think any person walking down the street would know these words. A few might know cygnet. We just say they hatch baby birds, or chicks if it's a bird we think kindly about (not a crow). A lot of people would understand simp as an old word for a Soviet sympathizer. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat May 20, 2006 23:57 pm Baby birds |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Honestly, Conchita, except for eaglet and duckling, I don't think any person walking down the street would know these words. A few might know cygnet. We just say they hatch baby birds, or chicks if it's a bird we think kindly about (not a crow). A lot of people would understand simp as an old word for a Soviet sympathizer. |
That's what I thought, too, Jamie. I hardly know them in my own languages, let alone in English! But, whether we know them or not, the fact remains that these words exist (I swear I didn't make them up :) !). If someone asks for them, why shouldn't I oblige them with the information I can find, especially if I can learn from it too?
I like the expression: a bird we think kindly about. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun May 21, 2006 4:06 am Baby birds |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| If someone asks for them, why shouldn't I oblige them with the information I can find, especially if I can learn from it too? |
You're right about that! Who knows? Someone may be writing a poem.
| Conchita wrote: |
| I like the expression: a bird we think kindly about. |
That was just my spontaneous turn of phrase. It is funny, come to think of it. |
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