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Definition of Precocial
1. Adjective. (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days.
Definition of Precocial
1. Adjective. (zoology of birds) hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precocial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precocial
Literary usage of Precocial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Parents feed their semi-precocial young at the nest for 27-52 days until they
... For most semi-precocial species, the young reach independence at the time ..."
2. The Story of the Birds by James Newton Baskett (1897)
"All primitive birds likely had precocial nestlings, the altricial being ...
CHAPTER XXL—precocial birds do not carry food to or put it in the mouths of ..."
3. Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States by Roger Tory Peterson, Gilbert Haven Trafton, Luther E. Wyman, Elizabeth F. Burnell (1916)
"For the most part the lower forms of birds are precocial, the young being ...
Probably the first birds were all precocial and some gradually evolved the ..."
4. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Among birds are to be distinguished altricial and precocial forms (Fig. 157),
the former usually, although not always, born blind and practically without ..."
5. How to Attract the Birds: And Other Talks about Bird Neighbours by Neltje Blanchan (1902)
"But, generally speaking, there are only two classes: the lower or precocial birds,
including those which, fully clothed and wide awake when hatched, ..."
6. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"The young of precocial birds are able to run about like young chickens soon ...
The killdeer, nighthawks, bobwhites, and ducks are common precocial birds. ..."
7. Bird Friends: A Complete Bird Book for Americans by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1916)
"For the most part the lower forms of birds are precocial, the young being ...
Probably the first birds were all precocial and some gradually evolved the ..."
8. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Parents feed their semi-precocial young at the nest for 27-52 days until they
... For most semi-precocial species, the young reach independence at the time ..."
9. The Story of the Birds by James Newton Baskett (1897)
"All primitive birds likely had precocial nestlings, the altricial being ...
CHAPTER XXL—precocial birds do not carry food to or put it in the mouths of ..."
10. Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States by Roger Tory Peterson, Gilbert Haven Trafton, Luther E. Wyman, Elizabeth F. Burnell (1916)
"For the most part the lower forms of birds are precocial, the young being ...
Probably the first birds were all precocial and some gradually evolved the ..."
11. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Among birds are to be distinguished altricial and precocial forms (Fig. 157),
the former usually, although not always, born blind and practically without ..."
12. How to Attract the Birds: And Other Talks about Bird Neighbours by Neltje Blanchan (1902)
"But, generally speaking, there are only two classes: the lower or precocial birds,
including those which, fully clothed and wide awake when hatched, ..."
13. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"The young of precocial birds are able to run about like young chickens soon ...
The killdeer, nighthawks, bobwhites, and ducks are common precocial birds. ..."
14. Bird Friends: A Complete Bird Book for Americans by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1916)
"For the most part the lower forms of birds are precocial, the young being ...
Probably the first birds were all precocial and some gradually evolved the ..."
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