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adjective Zoology. (of an animal species)
helpless at birth or hatching and requiring parental care for a period of time (opposed to precocial.)
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Altricial
is always a great word to know.
So is mammal. Does it mean:
| phylum of worms with bilateral symmetry and soft, usually flattened bodies |
| vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands |
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altricial  (āl-trĭsh'əl) Pronunciation Key
Born or hatched in a helpless condition requiring prolonged parental care, as by being naked, blind, or unable to move about. Nesting birds, monotremes, marsupials, and carnivores have altricial young. Compare precocial. |
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