PRAECOCIAL


Meaning of PRAECOCIAL in English

adj. & n. (US precocial)

adj. (of a bird) having young that can feed themselves as soon as they are hatched.

n. a praecocial bird (cf. ALTRICIAL).

[ L praecox -cocis (as PRECOCIOUS) ]

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