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altoona | altostratus | altostratus cloud | altrical | altrices | altricial | altruism | altruist | altruistic | altruistically | aludel

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altricial

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Adjective, Noun

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al=tri=cial

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective altricial has 1 sense

altricial(a = adj.all) Array - (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

altricial, adj.

born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial. [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

altricial, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a bird) whose young require care and feeding by the parents after hatching.
--n. an altricial bird (cf. PRAECOCIAL).

Etymology

L altrix altricis (fem.) nourisher f. altor f. alere altus nourish

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