"nidify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nidify.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nidifies [present, singular, third-person], nidifying [participle, present], nidified [participle, past], nidified [past]
Etymology: From Latin nīdificō (“build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + faciō (“make, do”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|nīdificō||build a nest}} Latin nīdificō (“build a nest”), {{m|la|nīdus||nest}} nīdus (“nest”), {{m|la|faciō||make, do}} faciō (“make, do”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nidify (third-person singular simple present nidifies, present participle nidifying, simple past and past participle nidified)
  1. (zoology) To make a nest. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: nidificate, nidulate Related terms (and see): nidifugous Translations (to make a nest): гнездя (gnezdja) (Bulgarian), pesiä (Finnish), rakentaa pesä (Finnish), nidifier (French), nidificar (Galician), nidificare (Italian), nīdificō (Latin), gniazdować (Polish), wić gniazdo (Polish), nidificar (Portuguese), cuiba (Romanian), вить гнездо́ (vitʹ) [masculine] (Russian), gnezditi (Serbo-Croatian), nidificar (Spanish), yuvalamak (Turkish), yuva yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-nidify-en-verb--K0KxX~r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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