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eyas (ī′əs)

noun

an unfledged bird; nestling; esp., a young hawk taken from its nest for training in falconry

Etymology: ME, by faulty division (infl. by ey, egg) of a nyas, a niais < OFr niais, nestling < VL *nidax < L nidus, nest

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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