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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Remaining in the nest after hatching until grown or nearly grown. Used of a bird.
  2. adj. Sharing the nest of another species of animal: nidicolous mites.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Abiding in the nest; noting those birds which are hatched in a more or less holploss condition and remain for some time in the nest; altricial: contrasted with nidifugous.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. zoology Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching

Etymologies

  1. Latin nīdus, nest; + -colous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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