extranidal

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adjective

Outside a nest.

OriginEnglish nidal ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveextranidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOutside a nest.

    The first extranidal task, a foraging trip, is performed after the second or third orientation flight. The young worker may collect various types of loads, such as nest materials, food, and water […]

    1991, Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 247

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Englishextra-
  7. Englishnidal
  8. Englishextranidal

From extra- + nidal.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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