nutricial

adjective

nu·​tri·​cial

(ˈ)n(y)ü‧¦trishəl

: of or relating to nursing or rearing

nutricial castration in worker bees

Word History

Etymology

Latin nutricius, nutritius nourishing, nursing + English -al

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Rhymes for nutricial

• initial
• judicial
• official
• simplicial
• surficial
• artificial
• beneficial
• cicatricial
• interstitial
• nonjudicial
• nonofficial
• prejudicial