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Nidicolous
Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.
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Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.
↔️ Antonyms of "Nidicolous"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nidifugous | (biology, ornithology) That leaves the nest shortly after hatching. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nidicolous"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nidiculous | Misspelling of nidicolous. [(zoology) Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.] |
| domicolous | That lives in a tubelike nest. |
| nymphiparous | (zoology) Producing nymphs. |
| nidifugal | Synonym of nidifugous. |
| sessilenoun | (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. |
| zooidiophilous | Alternative form of zoidiophilous. [Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of zoidiophily (pollinated by animals).] |
| lichenicolous | Living or growing on lichen. |
| nectarophagous | (biology) That feeds on nectar (of plant flowers) |
| geophilic | (zoology) Spending all or a stage of the life cycle underground; exhibiting geophily. |
| telogonic | (zoology) Referring to nematodes in which new germ cells originate only at the distal end of the gonad. |
| arenicolous | (biology) Living or burrowing in sand. |
| adnatenoun | (botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate. |
| nidimental | Misspelling of nidamental. [(zoology) Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass.] |
| nemocerous | (zoology) Having filamentous antennae. |
| pollinivorous | (zoology) Feeding on pollen. |
| zoidiophilous | Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by means of zoidiophily (pollinated by animals). |
| cnidophorous | Relating to cnidophores |
| monticolous | (zoology) Living on a mountain. |
| meroisticnoun | (biology) Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova |
| nidulariaceous | Of, pertaining to, or resembling fungi of the family Nidulariaceae (the bird's nest fungi). |
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