precocial
/pri-koh-shuhl/US // prɪˈkoʊ ʃəl //UK // (prɪˈkəʊʃəl) //
前社会,社会前,早期社会,前社会的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Biology.
- : active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care.
Examples
Young avocets are very precocial and leave the nest soon after hatching.
They were exceedingly active, a good example of precocial young.
Note the helpless altricial young of the robin; the independent precocial young of the quail.
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