precocial

1. 1.

   (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days

   Antonymsaltricial

Questions about precocial

What does precocial mean?

precocial means "(of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days".

How many syllables are in precocial?

precocial has 4 syllables and divides as pre-co-ci-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of precocial?

The recorded antonyms are altricial.

Is precocial a common word?

precocial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.