NIDICOLOUS

Meaning of NIDICOLOUS in English

/nuy dik"euh leuhs/ , adj.

remaining in the nest for a period after hatching. Cf. nidifugous .

[ 1900-05; nid- (s. of nidus ) NEST + -I- + -COLOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

NIDICOLOUS — adjective see: nest Date: circa 1902 reared for a time in a nest, living in a nest
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIDICOLOUS — (ˈ)nī|dikələs adjective Etymology: Latin nidi- (from nidus nest) + English -colous 1. : reared for a time in a nest …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIDICOLOUS — adjective Etymology: Latin nidus nest + English -colous — more at nest Date: circa 1902 1. : reared for a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIDICOLOUS — [ni.dic.o.lous] adj [L nidus nest + E -colous--more at nest] (ca. 1902) 1: reared for a time in a nest …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIDICOLOUS — nidicolous BrE AmE nɪ ˈdɪk ə l əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIDICOLOUS — гнездовой
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
NIDICOLOUS — гнездовой
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
NIDICOLOUS — Pronunciation: n ī - ' di-k ə -l ə s Function: adjective Etymology: Latin nidus nest + English -colous ― …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NIDIFUGOUS — (ˈ)nī|difyəgəs adjective Etymology: Latin nidi- (from nidus nest) + English -fugous (as in lucifugous ) : leaving the nest soon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIDIFUGOUS — /nuy dif"yeuh geuhs/ , adj. leaving the nest shortly after hatching. Cf. nidicolous . [ 1900-05; nid- (s. of nidus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-COLOUS — a combining form meaning "inhabiting" the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CORACIIFORM — also called Rollerlike Bird, any bird of the order Coraciiformes, including the kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, rollers, hoopoes, and hornbills. …
Britannica English vocabulary
NESTING — Synonyms and related words : abiding, abode, altricial, anserine, anserous, aquiline, avian, avicular, birdlike, birdy, cohabitation, columbine, commorancy, dovelike, dwelling, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GOOSY — Synonyms and related words : allergic, altricial, anaphylactic, anserine, anserous, aquiline, avian, avicular, bashful, birdlike, birdy, columbine, cowardly, delicate, diffident, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOVELIKE — Synonyms and related words : altricial, angelic, anserine, anserous, aquiline, avian, avicular, birdlike, birdy, blameless, broken, chastened, childlike, clear, columbine, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVIAN — Synonyms and related words : altricial, anserine, anserous, aquiline, avicular, birdlike, birdy, columbine, dovelike, goosy, hawklike, nesting, nidicolous, nidificant, oscine, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AQUILINE — Synonyms and related words : Roman-nosed, altricial, anserine, anserous, aquiline-nosed, avian, avicular, beak-nosed, beak-shaped, beaked, bill-like, bill-shaped, billed, birdlike, birdy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ГНЕЗДОВОЙ — nidicolous
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