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nidifugous

UK/nɪˈdɪfjʊɡəs/US/nɪˈdɪfjəɡəs/

nidifugous adjective: that leaves the nest shortly after hatching.

Adjective

nidifugous (comparative more nidifugous, superlative most nidifugous)

  1. That leaves the nest shortly after hatching.
    Antonyms:
    nidicolous

nidifugous meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

nidifugous in Tamil

தங்காக்குஞ்சுகள், கூடுதங்காக் குஞ்சுகள்

nidifugous in Malayalam

പക്വജാതം

Antonyms of nidifugous

Forms of nidifugous

comparativemore nidifugous
superlativemost nidifugous

Origin of nidifugous

From Latin nīdus (“nest”) and fugiō (“to flee, escape”) + -ous. By surface analysis, nidi- + -fugous.

Questions about nidifugous

What does nidifugous mean?
Nidifugous means that leaves the nest shortly after hatching.
What is nidifugous in Tamil?
Nidifugous in Tamil is தங்காக்குஞ்சுகள், கூடுதங்காக் குஞ்சுகள். See Nidifugous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nidifugous?
Nidifugous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nidifugous?
Nidifugous is pronounced /nɪˈdɪfjʊɡəs/ (UK).

Words near nidifugous in the dictionary

  1. nidificational
  2. nidifications
  3. nidified
  4. nidiform
  5. nidifugal
  6. nidifugous
  7. nidify
  8. nidifying
  9. nidimental
  10. niding
  11. nidings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nidifugous (page history and authors); nidifugous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nidifugous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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