Associations to the word «Nidicolous»

Wiktionary

NIDICOLOUS, adjective. (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.

Dictionary definition

NIDICOLOUS, adjective. (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope