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Podcast: The Jimmy Olsen Radio Network
Episode: Altricial
Description: Altricial [al-TRISH-əl]
Part of speech: adjectiveOrigin: Latin, 19th century
1. (Of a young bird or other animal) Hatched or born helpless and requiring significant parental care. Often contrasted with precocial.
2. (Of a particular species) Having altricial young.Examples of altricial in a sentence
“The birds were altricial, so one of the hatchling’s parents was always on guard at the nest.”
“The mother perched attentively over her baby’s stroller like an altricial bird tending to a chick.”
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