1. (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days

Antonym: altricial

Encyclopedia: Precocial

• white-tie
• white-tipped shark
• white-topped aster
• whitebait
• whitebark pine
• whitebarked pine
• whitebeam
• whiteboard
• whitecap
• whitecup
• whited sepulcher
• whited sepulchre
• whiteface
• whitefish
• whitefly
• Whitehall
• whitehead
• Whitehorse
• whitelash
• whitelist
• whiteman's foot
• whiten
• whitened
• whitener
• whiteness