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nidifugous
[nahy-dif-yuh-guhs]
adjective
leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
nidifugous
/ ɪˈɪʊɡə /
adjective
(of young birds) leaving the nest very soon after hatching
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nidifugous1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nidifugous1
C19: from Latin īܲ nest + fugere to flee
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Limicolae.—Nidifugous, without spina interna sterni.
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Nidifugous, waders; with simple hypotarsus and without cervical apteria.
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Order Anseriformes.—Desmognathous, nidifugous; with two pairs of sterno-tracheal muscles, with complete basipterygoid processes and with a penis.
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Nidifugous; vomer large; sternum without processus obliqui.
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Order Tinamiformes.—Nidifugous, with incisura ischiadica, without pygostyle.
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