nidificate
verb (used without object)
to build a nest.
nidification
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a word derived from
nidificate.
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a word derived from
nidify.
Example Sentences
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It has been remarked that every species of bird has a mode of nidification peculiar to itself, so that a p. 155schoolboy would at once pronounce on the sort of nest before him.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Henry Morley
Hutton gives a very full account of the nidification of this species.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
The Nuthatch is singular, too, in its mode of nidification.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
Of the nidification of the Lesser Whitethroat within our limits, I only know that it was found in May, breeding abundantly in Cashmere in the lower hills, by Mr. Brooks.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
The forest resounds with singing birds, intent on nidification.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
