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
cross-reference
precocial
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
nidicolous