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If I find one man feathering his own nest by so much as one bent penny, I will destroy himopensubtitles2 opensubtitles2
But if I find one man feathering his own nest by so much as one bent penny,I will destroy himopensubtitles2 opensubtitles2
The common noddy and two species of bosun or tropicbirds, with their brilliant gold or silver plumage and distinctive streamer tail feathers, also nest on the island.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
We’ve feathered our nest; while one of these days you’ll find the Cafe Francais closed with a big placard on the shutters.Lagun Lagun
For every feather found, you will receive a clue to the whereabouts of the peacock's nest from one of my feathered helpers.OpenSubtitles2018.v3 OpenSubtitles2018.v3
And why do you think Pums is the only one among us... to have feathered his nest for the winter?opensubtitles2 opensubtitles2
And if it's feathered, it's a fledgling and has left the nest on its own.OpenSubtitles2018.v3 OpenSubtitles2018.v3
The most widespread of such species are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet moth (Trichophaga tapetzella); the brown-dotted clothes moth (Niditinea fuscella) despite its name, preferentially feeds on feathers in bird nests.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
The large colonies of Salvin's albatross on the Bounty Islands build nests of feathers as there is no vegetation to use.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
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Looking back on those days, I curse myself for not having feathered my own nest.Literature Literature
Like all owls, these birds do not actually build a nest; instead, females lay their eggs directly on the bare floor of the nest hole or on the layer of fur and feathers left over from previous meals that line the bottom of its den.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
It builds a heavy cup nest of grass, moss, feathers, leaves and mud on a firm support above the ground, which may include human constructions such as windowsills.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
Winifred could have been working on her own, and she may have concocted a scheme to feather her own nest.Literature Literature
Unknown to them the owl can glow with a phosphorescence rubbed onto its feathers from luminescent fungi that grow on the rotting wood of its nest.jw2019 jw2019
Well-known species include the cloth moths (Tineola bisselliella, Tinea pellionella, and Trichophaga tapetzella), which feed on detritus containing keratin, including hair, feathers, cobwebs, bird nests (particularly of domestic pigeons, Columba livia domestica) and fruits or vegetables.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
I had seen many nests but never such a tiny one, so light, so perfectly formed of moss and feathers.Literature Literature
The chicks are fully feathered within four weeks, and leave the nest to clamber about on the branches, although chicks are fed for a number of weeks by the host parents after fledging.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
Here birds rest on ant nests, or pick and drop ants onto their wings and feathers; this may be a means to remove ectoparasites from the birds.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
Today, this one had a tiny hat no bigger than a bird's nest, with a long green feather with which she tickled my...OpenSubtitles2018.v3 OpenSubtitles2018.v3
and went on to say that it could furnish all the necessary feathers for a four room nest for the ludicrously small sum of seventy five dollars.MIZAN MIZAN
It breeds mainly on small rocky islands with little vegetation, and the nest is a pedestal made of mud, feathers, and bird bones.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
As the bird settles on the nest to brood the eggs, it fluffs out its breast feathers and shuffles about until the bare, superwarmed brood patch is next to the eggs.jw2019 jw2019
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