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nidus

/nahy-duhs/US // ˈnaɪ dəs //UK // (ˈnaɪdəs) //

晕轮,晕眩,晕,晕倒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.