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Nidifugous and nidicolous organisms - Wikipedia
A nidicolous organism is one which stays at its birthplace for a long time because it depends on its parents for food, protection, and the learning of survival ...
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NIDICOLOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. reared for a time in a nest 2. living in a nest; especially : sharing the nest of another kind of animal.
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nidicolous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Latin nīdus (“nest”) + -colous. Adjective. edit. nidicolous (comparative more nidicolous, superlative most nidicolous). (zoology) Tending to stay ...
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nidicolous
nidicolous, a. Ornith. (nɪˈdɪkələs) [f. mod.L. group name Nidicolæ (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629) (f. L. nīdus nest + col-ere to inhabit) + -ous.] Of a bird: bearing young which are helpless at birth and remain in the nest until they are sufficiently developed to live without pare...
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Nidicolous | zoology - Britannica
They lay fairly large eggs, with a limited amount of yolk, that are enclosed in jelly coats like those of an amphibian. The eggs develop into ...
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NIDICOLOUS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. remaining in the nest for some time after hatching, as some birds 2. living in the nest of another species
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Mantellidae
Some species of Gephyromantis have direct development or nidicolous tadpoles.
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NIDICOLOUS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Nidicolous definition: remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.. See examples of NIDICOLOUS used in a sentence.
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Nidicolous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
(of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching.
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Nidifugous and nidicolous animals - Zoo Basel
Nidifugous animals include all hoofed animals such as zebras and antelopes. Nidicolous animals, on the other hand, are born furless, blind and with limited ...
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Nidicolous - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Also used by the Romans to translate Greek apoikia "people from home." In reference to modern situations, "company or body of people who migrate from ...
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Bird Vocabulary: Verging on the Nidicolous | All About Birds
Take the ridiculous “nidicolous”: Isn't there a better way of saying that chicks remain in the nest after hatching?
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nidifugous
nidifugous, a. Ornith. (nɪˈdɪfjʊgəs) [f. mod.L. group name Nidifugæ (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629) (f. L. nīdus nest + fug-ĕre to flee) + -ous.] Of a bird: bearing young which are well developed at birth and leave the nest almost immediately. So ˈnidifuge n., a bird of this type.1...
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Rhombophryne botabota
It probably has nidicolous non-feeding tadpoles and exhibits some degree of parental care, but this has not been observed.
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altricial
altricial, a. Ornith. (ælˈtrɪʃ(ɪ)əl) [f. mod.L. Altrices division of birds, f. L. altric-, altrix, fem. of altor nourisher (alĕre to nourish) + -al.] = nidicolous a.: opp. præcocial a., q.v.1872 Coues N. Amer. Birds 224 Pigeons are altricial, and monogamous. 1884 Ibid. (ed. 2) ii. §3. 88 Altricial b...
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