nidify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/    美 /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  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 […]

词形变化

nidifies present,singular,third-person nidifying participle,present nidified participle,past nidified past

词源

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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