nidicolous
[nahy-dik-uh-luh s]
- remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.
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Origin of nidicolous
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Carnivorous, desmognathous, nidicolous, without functional caeca.
nidicolous
- (of young birds) remaining in the nest for some time after hatching
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin nīdus nest + colere to inhabit
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Word Origin and History for nidicolous
adj.
of birds, "bearing young which are helpless at birth," 1920, from Modern Latin Nidicolae (1894), from Latin nidus (see nest (n.)) + colere "to inhabit" (see colony). Contrasted to nidifugous birds (1902), whose young are well-developed and leave the nest at birth (from Latin fugere "to flee").
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