Altricial

2 definitions found

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

  altricial \altricial\ adj.
     1. born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; --
        of hatchlings. Opposite of {precocial}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  altricial
       adj : (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for
             food [ant: {precocial}]