altrices
Meaning
Noun
- nursers; those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time.
Related
Opposite words
- praecoces
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin altrīcēs, plural of altrīx.
Modern English dictionary
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