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nidify

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13
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13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/(UK)

Definition of nidify

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To make a nest.
    “It is only within the last few years that naturalists have clearly determined that some species of fish make nests for the reception of their spawn […] Five or six kinds are now ascertained to nidify; and of these, two belong to the genus Gasterosteus […]”
    “[…] it may originally have explained why dung beetles do not appear when eagles nidify; […]”
    “Among the birds that nidify there and live throughout the year [...] the sultan bird detaches[.]”

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Etymology

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin nīdificō (“to build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidificate and cognate with French nidifier.

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