nidicolen.
/ˈnɪdᵻkəʊl/, U.S. /ˈnɪdᵻˌkoʊl/ Zoology.
1. An animal which lives in the nest, burrow, etc., of another species.Typically an arthropod living in the nest or burrow of a bird or mammal.
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1953 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 11 57 (title) Nidicoles and parasites of the wren.
1986 Jrnl. Trop. Ecol. 2 285 Only the permanent ectoparasites will endeavour to remain attached to the host indefinitely while many other arthropods are true nidicoles and rarely attach.
1992 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 61 318/2 Fleas and other nidicoles were collected from each nest and jar four times at intervals in the 11 months following collection of the nest.
2. A bird or other animal whose young remain in the nest, burrow, etc., for an extended period after birth. Cf. nidifuge n. rare.
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1962 J. C. Welty Life of Birds xvii. 319/1 The altricial bird, is born naked, or nearly so, is usually blind, and is too weak to support itself on its legs... Such birds remain confined to the nest for some days or weeks. They are therefore called nidicoles or nest-dwellers.
1975 Evolution 29 707 Living monotremes are oviparous nidicoles and marsupials viviparous nidicoles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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