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S vs Precocial - What's the difference?

s | precocial |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective precocial is

(zoology|of birds) hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    precocial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (zoology, of birds) Hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days.
    • {{quote-book, year=2012, title=Behavioural and physiological adaptations of precocial chicks to arctic environments, author=Karen L Krijgsveld
    , passage=Being precocial , shorebird chicks leave the nest soon after hatching to forage by themselves, but, as they are not yet homeothermic, they lose bodyweight while foraging and must be rewarmed by their parents at regular intervals.}}

    Related terms

    * precocious

    See also

    * altricial

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