nidifugousadj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈdɪfjᵿɡəs/, U.S.

/nəˈdɪfjəɡəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -fugous comb. form, after scientific Latin Nidifugae, group name (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629). Compare nidicolous adj.

Zoology.

Of a young bird or (in later use also) other animal: well developed at birth or hatching and able to leave the nest almost immediately; precocial. Also (of a species): bearing young of this kind. Cf. nidicolous adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > bearing well-developed young

precocial1869

precocious1897

nidifugous1902

1902 H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Colymbiformes.—Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic.

1945 S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born strong, with plenty of down, and able to run within a few hours of the hatch (the nidifugous birds).

1980 Acta Anatomica 108 230 The guinea pig is a nest-quitter or nidifugous mammal which develops almost to the weaning stage before birth.

2000 Waterbirds 23 121 Capturing chicks of asynchronously-hatching nidifugous waterbirds..can be difficult and disruptive.

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

单词	nidifugous
释义	nidifugousadj. Brit. /nᵻˈdɪfjᵿɡəs/, U.S. /nəˈdɪfjəɡəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin nīdus , -fugous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -fugous comb. form, after scientific Latin Nidifugae, group name (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629). Compare nidicolous adj. Zoology. Of a young bird or (in later use also) other animal: well developed at birth or hatching and able to leave the nest almost immediately; precocial. Also (of a species): bearing young of this kind. Cf. nidicolous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > bearing well-developed young precocial1869 precocious1897 nidifugous1902 1902 H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Colymbiformes.—Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic. 1945 S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born strong, with plenty of down, and able to run within a few hours of the hatch (the nidifugous birds). 1980 Acta Anatomica 108 230 The guinea pig is a nest-quitter or nidifugous mammal which develops almost to the weaning stage before birth. 2000 Waterbirds 23 121 Capturing chicks of asynchronously-hatching nidifugous waterbirds..can be difficult and disruptive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1902
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