Altricial

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  • adjective. Hatched or born with the eyes closed and with little or no down or hair, and requiring parental care. Used of birds and mammals.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being one of or belonging to the Altrices; having the nature of Altrices; hoterophagous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.
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  • adjective. (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food
    • Word Usage
    "After all, we are big-brained altricial mammals, born helpless and requiring extensive adult care, who learn a variety of skills through different sorts of play."
    cross-reference
    precocial  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nidicolous  
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