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nidification|nɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[See prec. and -ation.]
The operation of nest-building; the construction of a nest or nests; the manner in which this is done.
1658Phillips, Nidification, a building of a birds nest. 1659H. More Immort. Soul (1762) 222 The Nidification of Birds, as well as their Incubation. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (1677) 368 In the nidification of Birds, Bees, Silkworms, and divers others. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. xiii. 228 That Method of Nidification doth abundantly Answer the Creatures Use and Occasions. 1773G. White in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 196 For some time after they appear, the hirundines in general pay no attention to the business of nidification. 1834Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 192 If the tree affords no natural hole fit for the purpose of nidification. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 389 Its nidification varies greatly with circumstances, the nest being placed indifferently on the ground, bushes, or trees.
Hence nidifiˈcational a., relating to nidification.
1888J. T. Gulick in Linn. Soc. Jrnl. XX. 2262 Nidificational Segregation. Let us now consider the effects of divergent habits in regard to nest-building. |