nidificate

[ nid-uh-fi-keyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, nid·i·fi·cat·ed, nid·i·fi·cat·ing.

1810–20; < Latin nīdificātus (past participle of nīdificāre to build a nest); nidify, -ate ¹

Fly-catchers usually nidificate in the neighbourhood of water, because that element favours the existence of their insect food.

Nidificate: to nest: applied when eggs are placed in a prepared receptaculum.

In July and August not less than thirty species of waterfowl nidificate.

Be quick, sirra, and nidificate for yourself somewhere else.

In the wild districts of the West, the birds nidificate in caves that abound in the bluffs along the sea-shore.

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