nidus
noun
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
nidi
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pluralof nidus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These appearances consisted of long tubes passing nearly perpendicularly through the clay and terminating in receptacles or nidi, each tube leading to a separate receptacle.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
We could fill a page with marvellous shots quos nidi et quorum pars, etc.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various
