precocial

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Recent Examples of precocial Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025 Comparison with avian brain evolution suggests that placental brain size should be constrained due to placentals’ relative precociality, as has been hypothesized for precocial bird hatchlings. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2010 Ducks are what scientists call precocial birds — capable of feeding, swimming and walking soon after hatching. New York Times, 22 June 2022 Godwits and most other ground nesters, on the other hand, are precocial birds. Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022 Game birds, precocial, have larger clutches because the young, feathered and out of the nest upon hatching, are more subject to predation. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021 The opposite are precocial birds, birds that hatch with feathers and are mobile and ready to go shortly after emerging from the egg. Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precocial
Adjective
  • With funding dependent on how many pupils attend, the school’s finances were pressured.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
  • Spouses and dependent children of service members enrolled in SGLI.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • This waterborne infection is caused by parasitic worms and is particularly prevalent in areas with limited access to clean water and health care.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 June 2025
  • The parasite was probably carried to the U.S. by the red-rimmed melania, or Malaysian trumpet snail, which is host to a number of parasitic species and was introduced to the United States, Hechinger estimates, decades ago.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Durrett says gaming regulators and operators who are not willing to at least ask questions about how the two industries can be more symbiotic are pushing aside the fact that in America today more people consume cannabis daily than alcohol.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • To further the symbiotic relationship between exercise and sleep, consider exercising outdoors rather than at the gym.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 5 June 2025

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“Precocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocial. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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