The story
- New Latin · borrowed fromAltrices
- English todayaltricial
From New Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrīx, the feminine of altor (“nourisher”), from alere (“to nourish”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
altricial
Today it means: Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth. Full definition →
New Latin Altrices