altricial

Speech parts

1. altricial - Noun

2. altricial - Adjective

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nidicolous avian aquiline self-sufficient goosy dovelike altricious self-subsistent require care for some time having altricial young requiring parent's protection born in a very helpless condition hatched helpless having young which are helpless at birth living in a nest
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Antonyms

precocial nidifugous leaving the nest soon after birth mobile from the moment of hatching able to move freely from hatching active from hatching
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Phrases with the word

having altricial young

Examples

Eggs and nests The chicks of passerines are altricial : blind, featherless, and helpless when hatched from their eggs. Source: Internet

Marsupials are extremely altricial animals, needing to be intensely cared for immediately following birth ( cf. precocial ). Source: Internet

The altricial young of rabbits, called kittens, are born naked and helpless after a short gestation period and the mother can become pregnant again almost immediately after giving birth. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

altrenogest altretamine altrical altriciality altricially altricious