nidicolousadj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈdɪkələs/, U.S.

/nəˈdɪkələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin nīdus , -colous comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -colous comb. form, originally (in sense 1) after scientific Latin Nidicolae, group name (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629). Compare French nidicole (c1870), and nidifugous adj.

Zoology.

1. = altricial adj. Cf. nidifugous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > bearing helpless young

altricial1869

nidicolous1902

1902 H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Sphenisciformes.—Nidicolous, marine. Flightless, wings transformed into rowing paddles.

1927 A. L. Thomson Birds ix. 155 Birds may..be divided into two main types, those having nidifugous or ‘nest-quitting’ young, and those having nidicolous or ‘nest-dwelling’ young.

1945 S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born naked, helpless and blind (the so-called nidicolous birds).

1972 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 264 342 Typical ‘nidicolous’ mammals..give birth to their infants in a nest and exhibit the following characteristics: (1) eyes of infants closed at birth..; (5) gestation period short [etc.].

2000 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 19 May 3 Parents of nidicolous birds must brood the hatchlings to keep them warm and shield them from direct sunlight.

2. Of an animal: living in the nest, burrow, etc., of another species.

ΚΠ

1936 Ecology 17 377 Nidicolous (inhabiting nests of other animals as moles, ants, etc.).

1967 Systematic Zool. 16 178/2 The acarine genus Dermanyssus De Geer..comprises a cosmopolitan group of nidicolous, hematophagous ectoparasites of birds.

1992 Biotropica 23 204 Some mammal-associated pseudoscorpion species are more abundant in the nests of their hosts where abundant prey (nidicolous and ectoparasitic arthropods) also occur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nidicolous
释义	nidicolousadj. Brit. /nᵻˈdɪkələs/, U.S. /nəˈdɪkələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin nīdus , -colous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -colous comb. form, originally (in sense 1) after scientific Latin Nidicolae, group name (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629). Compare French nidicole (c1870), and nidifugous adj. Zoology. 1. = altricial adj. Cf. nidifugous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > bearing helpless young altricial1869 nidicolous1902 1902 H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Sphenisciformes.—Nidicolous, marine. Flightless, wings transformed into rowing paddles. 1927 A. L. Thomson Birds ix. 155 Birds may..be divided into two main types, those having nidifugous or ‘nest-quitting’ young, and those having nidicolous or ‘nest-dwelling’ young. 1945 S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born naked, helpless and blind (the so-called nidicolous birds). 1972 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 264 342 Typical ‘nidicolous’ mammals..give birth to their infants in a nest and exhibit the following characteristics: (1) eyes of infants closed at birth..; (5) gestation period short [etc.]. 2000 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 19 May 3 Parents of nidicolous birds must brood the hatchlings to keep them warm and shield them from direct sunlight. 2. Of an animal: living in the nest, burrow, etc., of another species. ΚΠ 1936 Ecology 17 377 Nidicolous (inhabiting nests of other animals as moles, ants, etc.). 1967 Systematic Zool. 16 178/2 The acarine genus Dermanyssus De Geer..comprises a cosmopolitan group of nidicolous, hematophagous ectoparasites of birds. 1992 Biotropica 23 204 Some mammal-associated pseudoscorpion species are more abundant in the nests of their hosts where abundant prey (nidicolous and ectoparasitic arthropods) also occur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1902
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