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bird's-nest soup

noun

  1. a Chinese soup made from the mucilaginous lining of the nests of the Asiatic swift.

bird's-nest soup

noun

  1. a rich spicy Chinese soup made from the outer part of the nests of SE Asian swifts of the genus Collocalia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bird's-nest soup1

First recorded in 1870–75

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