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nidifugous

[ nahy-dif-yuh-guhs ]

adjective

  1. leaving the nest shortly after hatching.


nidifugous

/ ²Ôɪˈ»åɪ´ÚÂáÊŠÉ¡É™²õ /

adjective

  1. (of young birds) leaving the nest very soon after hatching
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of nidifugous1

1900–05; < Latin ²ÔÄ«»å- (stem of ²ÔÄ«»å³Ü²õ ) nest + -i- -i- + fug ( ere ) to flee, take flight + -ous
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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.

From

Order Anseriformes.—Desmognathous, nidifugous; with two pairs of sterno-tracheal muscles, with complete basipterygoid processes and with a penis.

From

Limicolae.—Nidifugous, without spina interna sterni.

From

Order Tinamiformes.—Nidifugous, with incisura ischiadica, without pygostyle.

From

Nidifugous; vomer large; sternum without processus obliqui.

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