• (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 praecoces.
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Al·tri'ces noun plural [ Latin , nourishes, plural of
altrix .]
(Zoology) 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 .
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altrices Birds whose young are hatched in a very immature condition, generally blind, naked, or with down feathers only, unable to leave th nest, fed by the parents; such as, the Perching Birds, Passeriformes.
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