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Meaning of 'altrices' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Altrices [ n. pl.]
- Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces.

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