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Webster 1913 Edition
Altrices
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Al-tri′ces
,Noun.
pl.
[L., nourishes, pl. of
altrix
.] (Zool.)
Nursers, – a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; – opposed to
præcoces
.