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bird's nest soup

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Definition of BIRD'S NEST SOUP

:  a soup made with the nest of a swiftlet (especially Collocalia fuciphaga) that builds it using a glutinous secretion from its salivary glands
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First Known Use of BIRD'S NEST SOUP

1818

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