altricial

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Recent Examples of altricial Plenty of other creatures give birth even sooner, yielding offspring in a more altricial state. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022 Robins, bluebirds, hummingbirds and many other birds are altricial. Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022 If birds are born altricial — helpless — clutches tend to be small to accommodate the higher level of care the babies must receive. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021 That’s because both marmosets and humans have altricial babies, from the Latin for needing nourishment—meaning offspring that can’t take care of themselves even a tiny bit at the beginning. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altricial
Adjective
  • He’s lived in self-sufficient solitude in the woods of Northern England for decades, tending to his psychic wounds.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
  • These subsidies were cunning, part of a decades-long effort to keep alive the myths that offshore wind energy is nearly self-sufficient and generates increasingly inexpensive electricity.
    Craig Rucker, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This demonstration highlights LimX Dynamics’ progress in embodied intelligence and autonomous motion while giving Oli a place in the list of highly agile and perceptive humanoid robots to look out for in the future.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And the company is outfitting these facilities with high-tech equipment such as autonomous forklifts, to the tune of $200 million.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Miner preachers and independent churches were central to the organization of miners in eastern Kentucky in the 1930s, too, during another period of violence between mine operators and miners over conditions, wages and unionization.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Programs are housed in state attorney general offices, in nonprofits and even as independent agencies.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For this, researchers from China have developed various next-generation triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), which offer a self-sustaining power solution for marine regions.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Leading to a self-sustaining economic loop where revenue generated from global-facing media products is reinvested directly into local wages, taxes, and services, fostering a stable foundation for multi-generational upward mobility.
    Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Denmark’s foreign minister has summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen after the country’s national broadcaster reported that three people linked to President Donald Trump had been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
    Richard Hall, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
  • On Wednesday, four explosive-laden drones hit oil fields in the semiautonomous northern Iraqi region, according to the local counterterrorism service.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Hospitality fared well in Deputy’s study, making up half of the 10 happiest job sectors, despite the sector’s reputation for high stress, unsociable hours, and low pay.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024

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“Altricial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altricial. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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