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nide
/naɪd/
noun 1name 1
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4ADJ.
lost
VERB + NIDE
whirring
NIDE + NOUN
pheasant, pheasants
ADV.
thus
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noun
1
A nest of pheasants.
[A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close.
[W]e were highly entertained with the antics of two stoats, who had left their hiding places to commence nocturnal depredations; [...] in the course of a few minutes the whirring of a nide of pheasants convinced us these little vermin had marked them as prey.
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a Polynesian language spoken in Vanuatu.
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[A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close.
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[W]e were highly entertained with the antics of two stoats, who had left their hiding places to commence nocturnal depredations; [...] in the course of a few minutes the whirring of a nide of pheasant
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[I]f a hen pheasant takes to new ground, at such a late period of the season, she may be likely to stay and build her nest there, and thus a nide may be lost in the following October.
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