| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| altricial |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·tri·cial |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-tr sh  l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Helpless, naked, and blind when hatched: altricial birds. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin altr x, altrc-, feminine of altor, nourisher, from alere, to nourish. See al-2 in Appendix I.
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