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Sep. 23, 2014
Word of the Day

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\NID-uh-fi-keyt\
verb
1. to build a nest.
Quotes
Many nidificate in holes of trees, or in the earth; the eggs are white and subspherical.
-- Richard Owen, On the Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. II, 1866
Origin
Nidificate entered English in the early 1800s from the Latin nīdificāre meaning "to build a nest."
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