| 单词 | nidicolous |
| 释义 | 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 parental care. So ˈnidicole n., a bird of this type.
1902H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Sphenisciformes.—Nidicolous, marine. Flightless, wings transformed into rowing paddles. 1927A. L. Thomson Birds ix. 155 Birds may..be divided into two main types, those having nidifugous or ‘nest-quitting’ young, and those having nidicolous or ‘nest-dwelling’ young. 1945S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born naked, helpless and blind (the so-called nidicolous birds). 1962J. C. Welty Life of Birds xvii. 319/1 The altricial bird, is born naked, or nearly so, is usually blind, and is too weak to support itself on its legs... Such birds remain confined to the nest for some days or weeks. They are therefore called nidicoles or nest-dwellers. 1974I. C. J. Galbraith tr. Dorst's Life of Birds I. xiii. 247 The parents are entirely responsible for feeding nidicolous young. |
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