nidicolous

[nahy-dik-uh-luh s]

adjective

remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.

Compare nidifugous.

Origin of nidicolous

1900–05; < Latin nīd- (stem of nīdus) nest + -i- + -colous

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Historical Examples of nidicolous

Carnivorous, desmognathous, nidicolous, without functional caeca.
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British Dictionary definitions for nidicolous

nidicolous

adjective

(of young birds) remaining in the nest for some time after hatching

Word Origin for nidicolous

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").