Usually means: Nest made from swiftlet saliva.
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  1. edible bird's nest: Merriam-Webster
  2. edible bird's nest: Wordnik
  3. edible bird's nest: Wiktionary
  4. Edible bird's-nest, Edible bird's nest: Dictionary.com
  5. Edible bird's nest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (edible bird's nest)

noun:  A nest of certain species of swiftlet, especially edible-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus fuciphagus or the black-nest swiftlet, Aerodramus maximus, made by the male swiftlet from its gelatinous saliva, and highly prized in Chinese cuisine for delicacies such as bird's nest soup.


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