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nidifugous, a. Ornith.|nɪˈdɪfjʊgəs|
[f. mod.L. group name Nidifugæ (H. F. Gadow in A. Newton Dict. Birds (1894) 629) (f. L. nīdus nest + fug-ĕre to flee) + -ous.]
Of a bird: bearing young which are well developed at birth and leave the nest almost immediately. So ˈnidifuge n., a bird of this type.
1902H. F. Gadow in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 257/1 Order Colymbiformes.—Plantigrade, nidifugous, aquatic. 1927[see nidicolous a.]. 1945S. Smith How to study Birds iv. 74 Birds whose young are born strong, with plenty of down, and able to run within a few hours of the hatch (the nidifugous birds). 1962J. C. Welty Life of Birds xvii. 318/2 Nidifuges are often ground-nesting species that, as adults, are good runners or good swimmers and feed either on the ground or in the water. These precocial birds include such forms as the ostrich and its relatives, loons, grebes, ducks, [etc.]. Ibid. 319/2 (caption) The one-day-old, precocial, or nidifugous chick of the Ruffed Grouse. 1974I. C. J. Galbraith tr. Dorst's Life of Birds I. xiii. 245 Nidifugous birds also have visual means of communication. |