nidifugous

1. 1.

   (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching

   Antonymsnidicolous

Questions about nidifugous

What does nidifugous mean?

nidifugous means "(of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching".

How many syllables are in nidifugous?

nidifugous has 4 syllables: ni-di-fu-gous. The stress falls on "di".

What is the opposite of nidifugous?

The recorded antonyms are nidicolous.

Is nidifugous a common word?

nidifugous 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.