altricial adjective.
[ǝl'trɪʃ(ǝ)l] L19.[from mod. Latin Altrices, a former division of birds, pl. of altrix fem. of altor nourisher, from alere nourish: see -IAL.]Zoology. (Having young which are) helpless at birth; nidicolous. Cf.
PRECOCIAL.
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