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nidifugous
[ nahy-dif-yuh-guhs ]
adjective
- leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
nidifugous
/ ²Ôɪˈ»åɪ´ÚÂáÊŠÉ¡É™²õ /
adjective
- (of young birds) leaving the nest very soon after hatching
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of nidifugous1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of nidifugous1
C19: from Latin ²ÔÄ«»å³Ü²õ nest + fugere to flee
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Nidifugous, waders; with simple hypotarsus and without cervical apteria.
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Order Anseriformes.—Desmognathous, nidifugous; with two pairs of sterno-tracheal muscles, with complete basipterygoid processes and with a penis.
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Limicolae.—Nidifugous, without spina interna sterni.
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Order Tinamiformes.—Nidifugous, with incisura ischiadica, without pygostyle.
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Nidifugous; vomer large; sternum without processus obliqui.
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