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nidifying

nidifying is the present participle and gerund 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 nidifying

What is nidifying the present participle and gerund of?
Nidifying is the present participle and gerund of nidify.

Words near nidifying in the dictionary

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

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