nidicolous

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  • Adjective:
    (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching

Word Origin

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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