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altricial

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altricial
said of birds which are hatched with their eyes closed.
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What, in the bird and animal worlds, are the meanings of the opposing terms altricial and precocial?
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What, in the bird and animal worlds, are the meanings of the opposing terms altricial and precocial?
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The most influential is the nature of maternal care because the infant rodent, an altricial species, is totally dependent on the dam for survival.
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