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altrices
CIDE DICTIONARY
altrices, n. pl. [L., nourishes, pl. of altrix.].
Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to præcoces . [1913 Webster]
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