nidifugous

[nahy-dif-yuh-guhs]

adjective

1. leaving the nest shortly after hatching.

nidifugous

/ nɪˈdɪfjʊɡəs /

adjective

1. (of young birds) leaving the nest very soon after hatching

Word History and Origins

Origin of nidifugous¹

1900–05; < Latin nīd- (stem of nīdus ) nest + -i- -i- + fug ( ere ) to flee, take flight + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of nidifugous¹

C19: from Latin nīdus nest + fugere to flee

Example Sentences

Nidifugous; vomer large; sternum without processus obliqui.

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Nidifugous, waders; with simple hypotarsus and without cervical apteria.

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Order Anseriformes.—Desmognathous, nidifugous; with two pairs of sterno-tracheal muscles, with complete basipterygoid processes and with a penis.

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Order Tinamiformes.—Nidifugous, with incisura ischiadica, without pygostyle.

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Limicolae.—Nidifugous, without spina interna sterni.

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