pensile

/ˈpɛnsəl/
adjective
  1. Hanging down or suspended, especially describing nests built by birds that hang from branches.
    • The pensile structure of the nest helped protect the eggs from ground predators.
    • In the rainforest, we saw several pensile nests woven by weaver birds.
    • The oriole built a pensile nest that swayed gently from the willow branch.
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