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nidiata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • covey noun A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).

Senses

nidiata is used for these senses in English:

  • brood The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  • brood (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  • covey A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
  • covey A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
  • nide (archaic) A nest of pheasants.

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

covey — full definition

  1. noun A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).
  2. noun A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea).
  3. noun A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things.

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