adj.
Leaving the nest a short time after hatching. Used of a bird.
[Latin nīdus, nest + Latin -fugus, fleeing (from fugere, to flee; see fugitive).]
nidifugous
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ni·dif·u·gous (nī-dĭf'yə-gəs) 
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adj.
Leaving the nest a short time after hatching. Used of a bird.
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Said of birds that leave their nests soon after they are hatched.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching
Antonym: nidicolous (meaning #1)
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Nidifugous organisms are those that leave the nest shortly after hatching or birth. It is derived from Latin nidus for "nest" and fugere meaning "to flee".[1] The terminology is most often used to describe birds and was introduced by Lorenz Oken in 1916.[2] The chicks of birds in many families such as the waders, waterfowl and gamebirds are usually nidifugous. Nidifugous birds are precocial, or born with open eyes and capable of independent locomotion but not all precocial birds leave the nest and some may stay at the nest and are then said to be nidicolous.[3]
References
- ^ Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ Starck, J. M. & R. E. Ricklefs (1998) Avian Growth and Development: Evolution within the Altricial-Precocial Spectrum. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19510608 PDF
- ^ Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye (1988) Precocial and Altricial Young.
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