nidus
/nahy-duhs/US // ˈnaɪ dəs //UK // (ˈnaɪdəs) //
晕轮,晕眩,晕,晕倒
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural ni·di [nahy-dahy]. /ˈnaɪ daɪ/.
- : a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- : a place or point in an organism where a germ or other organism can develop or breed.
Examples
The plants, however, have a particular existence, independent of their putrefying nidus.
Remember, pollen-tubes protrude within anther in Neottia nidus-avis.
Curetting should follow dilatation, in the hope that the new endometrium formed may afford a better nidus for the ovum.
His post-mortem examinations led him to believe that the intestines were the nidus of the disease.
To some of them was attached a nidus of eggs, which was deposited between the animal and the spire.
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