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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•tri•cial (al trish′əl),USA pronunciation adj. [Zool.](of an animal species)- Zoologyhelpless at birth or hatching and requiring parental care for a period of time (opposed to precocial.)
- Latin altrīc-, stem of altrīx wet nurse, nourisher (al(ere) to nourish (compare aliment) + -trīx -trix) + -al1
- 1870–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: altricial /ælˈtrɪʃəl/ adj - (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) naked, blind, and dependent on the parents for food
n - an altricial bird, such as a pigeon
Compare precocialEtymology: 19th Century: from New Latin altriciālis, from Latin altrix a nurse, from alere to nourish |