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Meaning of "nidicolous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIDICOLOUS

From Latin nīdus nest + colere to inhabit.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NIDICOLOUS

nidicolous  [nɪˈdɪkələs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIDICOLOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nidicolous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NIDICOLOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nidicolous

Nidicolous animals are those that stay at their nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to their dependence on the parents for feeding, protection and learning survival skills. It is the opposite of nidifugous where the animal is able to leave the nest very quickly. The great majority of nidicolous animals are altricial, in that an animal born helpless, blind, without feathers, etc. simply is unable to fend for itself. Examples of nidicolous animals are most mammals, marsupials and many species of birds. However, the concepts of altricial and nidicolous are not identical. All altricial animals are nidicolous by necessity, however, an animal may be nidicolous, i.e. staying at the nest, even if they are precocial and fully capable of leaving if needed.

Definition of nidicolous in the English dictionary

The definition of nidicolous in the dictionary is remaining in the nest for some time after hatching.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIDICOLOUS


caulicolous
kɔːˈlɪkələs
corticolous
kɔːˈtɪkələs
fimicolous
fɪˈmɪkələs
lapidicolous
ˌlæpɪˈdɪkələs
lignicolous
lɪɡˈnɪkələs
limicolous
laɪˈmɪkələs
monticolous
mɒnˈtɪkələs
Nicholas
ˈnɪkələs
nickelous
ˈnɪkələs
paludicolous
ˌpæljʊˈdɪkələs
piscicolous
pɪˈsɪkələs
radicicolous
ˌrædɪˈsɪkələs
rupicolous
ruːˈpɪkələs
saxicolous
sækˈsɪkələs
silicicolous
ˌsɪlɪˈsɪkələs
sphagnicolous
sfæɡˈnɪkələs
spongicolous
spʌnˈdʒɪkələs
stercoricolous
ˌstɜːkəˈrɪkələs
terricolous
tɛˈrɪkələs
tubicolous
tjuːˈbɪkələs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIDICOLOUS

nidate
nidation
niddering
niddick
niddle-noddle
NIDDM
nide
nidering
nidget
nidi
nidificate
nidificating
nidification
nidified
nidifies
nidifugous
nidify
niding
nidor
nidorous

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIDICOLOUS

ametabolous
amphibolous
arenicolous
cavernicolous
collembolous
fabulous
frivolous
graminicolous
hemimetabolous
holometabolous
humicolous
jealous
luteolous
nonfrivolous
ridiculous
sciolous
subdolous
unfrivolous
variolous
viticolous

Synonyms and antonyms of nidicolous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nidicolous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIDICOLOUS

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The translations of nidicolous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nidicolous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nidicolous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nidicolous
570 millions of speakers

English

nidicolous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nidicolous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nidicolous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nidicolous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nidicolous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nidicolous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nidicoles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nidicolous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nesthocker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nidicolous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nidicolous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nidicolous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nidicolous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைக்காத்துக் குஞ்சு பொறித்த பின்னும் கூட்டில் வாழ்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नडिकोलस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nidicolous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nidicolous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nidicolous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nidicolous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nidicolous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nidicolous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nidicolous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nidicolous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nidicolous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nidicolous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIDICOLOUS»

The term «nidicolous» is used very little and occupies the 187.786 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIDICOLOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nidicolous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIDICOLOUS»

Discover the use of nidicolous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nidicolous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biology of Ticks
nidicolous behavior. For example, the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus , could be classified as a harborage nidicole. Hyalomma dromedarii, which occurs in hot, dry regions, adopts a “hunter” rather than an “ambush” strategy, ...
Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe, 2013
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Comparative Ecology
Birds may be divided into two groups according to the mode of early development and parental feeding: nidicolous and nidifugous birds. [Similarly, 'al - tricial' and 'precocial' (see Kuroda, 1967, for Japanese translation) distinguish the ...
Yoshiaki Itō, Jiro Kikkawa, 1980
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Advances in Anaplasma Research and Application: 2012 ...
Small mammals are reservoirs for the rickettsial pathogen Ana plasma phagocytophilum and tick vectors may include catholic-feeding bridge vectors as well as hostspecialist or nidicolous ticks.” “Far western North American communities in ...
‎2012
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The Blackwell's Concise Encyclopedia of Ecology
86 nidicolous (nest-squatters) Let Ht be the number of hosts at time t, and Pt the number of parasitoids. The Nicholson–Bailey equations are: P H aP t t t = - -( ) [ ] 1 exp H H aP t t t + = -() 1 l exp + 1 where l is the net per capita FECUNDITY of the ...
Peter P. Calow, 2009
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Popular Science
When the young emerge from the shell in a fully active state, they are known as nidifugous or prsecocial; those, on the contrary, which are quite blind and helpless on leaving the shell are known as nidicolous or altricial young. The nidicolous ...
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Chemical Embroyology
concentrations of alkali, and which showed that the clot could vary very greatly in its properties, from opacity to almost perfect transparency, for instance. Tarchanov had decided that the transparent coagulum of the nidicolous egg- whites was ...
7
Birds
These birds are called nidicolous. The most helpless chicks are the young of songbirds and hummingbirds, because they need warmth from their parents to grow strong. 0 Nidifugous Young I' Nidifugous young are fully developed at the I'  ...
Sol 90, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, 2012
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Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae
Even so, the ovoviviparous forms (e.g., Eleutherodactylus jasperi is more similar to direct developers compared to some species of Nectophrynoides, which are more similar to nidicolous larvae) do not follow similar embryological patterns.
Roy W. McDiarmid, Ronald Altig, 1999
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
-cole: nidicole; nestling: nicolous nestling; nidifuge; nidifugous ♢ nidicolous nestling See nestling: nidicolous nestling. ♢ nidification n. “Nest building” (Lincoln et al. 1985). ♢ nidifuge n. A young animal, especially a bird, that leaves its nest soon ...
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
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Olfaction in Vector-host Interactions
Nidicolous ticks generally live in nests, burrows or roosts in close association with hosts and include most of the soft ticks ... 1996). Nidicolous ticks respond to host cues (i.e. carbon dioxide (CO2)), heat and moisture with these stimuli generally ...
Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols, 2010

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIDICOLOUS»

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How Do Ticks…Tick?
... region and Antarctica) and feeds on sea birds. Ticks can be nidicolous (live in the nests and burrows of their hosts) or free in the environment. «Smithsonian Science News, Feb 15»
2
The wordy confessions of a collector of dictionaries
I have learned the important difference between nidifugous and nidicolous. Nidifugous birds are ones who leave the nest early and nidicolous ... «Herald Sun, Jul 14»
3
Like humans, baby woodpeckers learn from their parents
Altricial birds are also nidicolous birds — meaning they're bound to the nest. Parents of these birds must brood them to protect them from ... «Houston Chronicle, May 10»
4
What determines clutch size? Tropical birds lay fewer eggs
The researchers also found that nidicolous birds (Chicks remain in the nest after hatching) such as blackbirds and tits lay fewer eggs than ... «Wildlife Extra, Dec 08»
5
Here's why spelling is indeed a sport
A rat the size of a nutria scurried out of the Yankee Stadium bathroom. nidicolous adj. Hatched or born in an undeveloped state and requiring ... «ESPN, May 08»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nidicolous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nidicolous>. Apr 2024 ».
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