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Nidify is to build a nest.
(verb)A bird collecting twigs and string is an example of nidify.
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intransitive verb nidified, nidifying
to build a nest
also nidificate
Origin: L nidificare < nidus, nest + facere, to make, do
Related Forms:
- nidification noun
See nidify in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb nid·i·fied, nid·i·fy·ing, nid·i·fies
To build a nest.
Origin:
Origin: Latin nīdificāre
Origin: : nīdus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + -ficāre, -fy
.Related Forms:
- nidˌi·fi·caˈtion (-fĭ-kāˈshən) noun
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