Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nest-building; the act or art of constructing nests, especially with reference to the mode or style in which this is done.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of building a nest.
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- noun The
building of anest .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“The nidification of birds,” rejoined Goldsmith, “is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.”
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Casarita (or little housebuilder), although its nidification is quite different.
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In its general manner of feeding, of quickly hopping out of the thickets and back again, in its desire of concealment, unwillingness to take flight, and nidification, it bears a close resemblance to the
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In its general manner of feeding, of quickly hopping out of the thickets and back again, in its desire of concealment, unwillingness to take flight, and nidification, it bears a close resemblance to the
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Casarita (or little housebuilder), although its nidification is quite different.
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P.S. -- I read not long ago a German article on the colours of _female_ birds, and that author leaned rather strongly to your side about nidification.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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Excluding from the general series specially mounted objects, such as groups of birds showing nidification, change of plumage, or illustrating the habits of animals -- such groups to be mounted on separate stands in the middle of the room.
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They have no connexion with the nest, and are simply playing-places, in which the birds divert themselves during the months which precede nidification.
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I read not long ago a German article on the colours of female birds, and that author leaned rather strongly to your side about nidification.
Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916
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From its affinity, the Spaniards, call it Casarita (or little housebuilder), although its nidification is quite different.
Chapter V 1909
she commented on the word nidification
n., nesting or nest-making, nidulation (verbs: nidify, nidificate)
July 9, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word nidification
A getaway with a lot of chicks.
March 30, 2011