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).

Etymology: L praecox -cocis (as PRECOCIOUS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.