PRECOCIAL


Meaning of PRECOCIAL in English

/pri koh"sheuhl/ , adj. Biol.

(of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial ).

[ 1870-75; PRECOCI(OUS) + -AL 1 ]

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