nidicolous
/naɪˈdɪkələs/
adjective
- (of a young bird or other animal) staying in the nest for a period after hatching or birth, typically because it is born helpless and dependent on its parents.
- Many songbirds are nidicolous, relying on their parents to bring food until they can fly.
- Robins are nidicolous birds; their chicks stay in the nest for about two weeks after hatching.
- The biologist explained that nidicolous young are born with closed eyes and no feathers.
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