nidify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal or zoological: to build a nest or engage in nesting

   Several fish species nidify among submerged plants and guard their eggs there.

Borrowed from Latin nidificare, 'to build a nest,' from nidus, 'nest,' + facere, 'to make.' It is a learned doublet of nidificate and is used chiefly in formal zoological or ornithological writing.

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