nesting

nesting \nɛs.tɪŋ\

1. Participe présent du verbe to nest.

nesting \nɛs.tɪŋ\

1. (Zoologie) Nidification.
   • At the commencement of the nesting season these birds scratch together a huge pile of stalks, leaves, and earth, from twenty to twenty-five feet in diameter and often as much as five in height. — (Arthur Erwin Brown(sous la direction de), Guide to the Garden of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Fourth Edition, page 48. Philadelphia Zoological Garden, 1886.)
   • Spring migration and nesting of resident southern California sea birds were in progress during these months. — (Marine Mammal and Seabird Survey of the Southern California Bight Area, volume II : Detailed Synthesis, sous-section B (« Synthesis of Findings »), chapitre 4 (« Faunal Accounts »), page 237. University of California, 1976.)
2. (Programmation informatique) Imbrication de boucles.