Altrices

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Altrices \Al*tri"ces\, n. pl. [L., nourishes, pl. of altrix.]
     (Zool.)
     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 {pr[ae]coces}.


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