nidicolous

1. 1.

   (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching

   Antonymsnidifugous

Questions about nidicolous

What does nidicolous mean?

nidicolous means "(of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching".

How many syllables are in nidicolous?

nidicolous has 4 syllables: ni-di-co-lous. The stress falls on "di".

What is the opposite of nidicolous?

The recorded antonyms are nidifugous.

Is nidicolous a common word?

nidicolous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.