Thursday, 9 October 2014

Nidificate

Word of the Day for Thursday 9th October 2014


Nidificate \NID-uh-fi-keyt\
Verb
1. To build a nest.
Quotes
Many nidificate in holes of trees, or in the earth; the eggs are white and subspherical.
-- Richard Owen, On the Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. II, 1866
Origin
Nidificate entered English in the early 1800’s from the Latin nīdificāre meaning "to build a nest."

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