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Nidulate vs Nidify - What's the difference?

nidulate | nidify | Synonyms |

Nidify is a related term of nidulate.

Nidify is a synonym of nidulate.



As verbs the difference between nidulate and nidify

is that nidulate is to make or build a nest while nidify is to make a nest.

nidulate

English

Verb

(nidulat)
  • (obsolete) To make or build a nest.

    • Synonyms

    * nidificate * nidify

    Anagrams

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    nidify

    English

    Verb

  • (zoology) To make a nest.
  • * 1854', Albany Hancock, "Observations on the Nidification of Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gasterosteus spinachia", ''The Zoologist'' ' 12 : 4409
    • It is only within the last few years that naturalists have clearly determined that some species of fish make nests for the reception of their spawn
  • * 1997 , Gert-Jan van Dijk, Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi: Fables in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Culture , page 206

    • Synonyms

    * nidificate, nidulate