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Definition of Altrices
1. n. pl. Nursers, -- a term applied to 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; -- opposed to præcoces.
Definition of Altrices
1. immature young birds [n]
Medical Definition of Altrices
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Altrices
Literary usage of Altrices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... Dr. Coues objects to the comparison of the two groups of birds termed altrices
and ... renders the resemblance, as primary groups, of altrices and ..."
2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1893)
"... are " altrices," and arc bom with comparatively ... and short-legged " altrices" ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1866)
"Doubly monogamous- altrices. Their food consists generally of vertebrated ...
altrices. Note.—A polymorphic group, that shows a tendency as well towards the ..."
4. Proceedings of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1864)
"One ot thu most singular features in this classification is the analogy or
parallelism existing between the lower orders of the altrices and those of the ..."
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