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nidify, v.|ˈnɪdɪfaɪ|
[ad. L. nīdificāre, f. nīdus nest.]
intr. To build a nest or nests.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1720–1Lett. Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 127 Birds, by Instinct,..nidify, or make Nests after the same Manner. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 396 Trees begin to bud, beasts to pair, and birds to nidify. 1880J. Colquhoun Moor & Loch I. 249 The peregrine,..nidifying on a giddy point.
Hence ˈnidifying ppl. a.
1871Darwin Desc. Man II. xv. 172 It is not necessary to suppose that each separate species had its nidifying instinct specially modified. |