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nidicolous的意思
nidicolous
英 [nɪ'dɪk(ə)ləs]
美 [nɪ'dɪkələs]
- adj. 孵化后仍留在巢中的
英文词源
- 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").