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Definition of Nidification
1. n. The act or process of building a nest.
Definition of Nidification
1. Noun. The building of a nest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nidification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nidification
Literary usage of Nidification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1871)
"The Law which connects tlie Colours of Female Birds with the mode of nidification.
The above-stated anomaly can, however, now be explained by the influence ..."
2. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"... as applied to various structures and to brightly- coloured plumage—nidification
in relation to colour — Loss of nuptial plumage during the winter. ..."
3. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1897)
"... coloured—On sexually-limited inheritance, as applied to various structures
and to brightly-coloured plumage—nidification in relation to colour—Loss of ..."
4. Mental Evolution in Animals by George John Romanes, Charles Darwin (1884)
"Sari, Dr. P., on the double instinct of nidification shown by Sylvia cuticola,
Salmon, ... Sheppard, on the nidification of a golden-crested wren, 871. ..."
5. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"We may naturally conclude that, in their mode of nidification, the form of their
nests, and in the number and colour of their eggs, they will very closely ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"... or the Relation between Sexual Differences of Colour and the Mode of nidification
in Birds. By ALFRED 11. WALLACE, FRGS, FLS The author pointed out the ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... London, 1864-1907); and articles on "Eggs" and " nidification" in Diet. ....
nidification ..."
8. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"... following nute on the nidification of this >o little lias been recorded of
the breeding habits [touched mice that the following extract from my k dated ..."
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