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nidified

nidified is the simple past and past participle of nidify.

Meaning of nidify

Verb

nidify (third-person singular simple present nidifies, present participle nidifying, simple past and past participle nidified)

  1. To make a nest.
    • It is only within the last few years that naturalists have clearly determined that some species of fish make nests for the reception of their spawn […] Five or six kinds are now ascertained to nidify; and of these, two belong to the genus Gasterosteus […]1854, Albany Hancock, “Observations on the Nidification of Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gasterosteus spinachia”, in The Zoologist, 12: 4409

Questions about nidified

What is nidified the simple past and past participle of?
Nidified is the simple past and past participle of nidify.

Words near nidified in the dictionary

  1. nidificates
  2. nidificating
  3. nidification
  4. nidificational
  5. nidifications
  6. nidified
  7. nidiform
  8. nidifugal
  9. nidifugous
  10. nidify
  11. nidifying

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