ALTRICIAL

altricial

(adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

From modern Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrix, the feminine of altor ‘nourisher’, from alere ‘nourish’.

Adjective

altricial (comparative more altricial, superlative most altricial)

(zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.

Synonyms

• nidicolous

Noun

altricial (plural altricials)

Such an animal

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