ALTRICES

Etymology

Noun

altrices pl (plural only)

(zoology) nursers; 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.

Antonyms

• praecoces

Anagrams

• articles, clairets, ratsicle, recitals, sclarite, selictar, sterical

Source: Wiktionary


Al*tri"ces, n. pl. Etym: [L., nourishes, pl. of altrix.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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