intranidal

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adjective

Within a nidus

OriginEnglish nidal ← Latin intrā ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros →
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Meanings

adjectiveintranidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithin a nidus
  2. not comparableWithin a nest

    Variation in caste ratio is associated with additional variation in mating behavior (mating flights vs. intranidal mating, i.e., mating in the nest) and the pattern of brood production [12 ].

    2015 July 30, “Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Englishnidal
  7. Englishintranidal

From intra- + nidal.

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APA

intranidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intranidal

MLA

“intranidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intranidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intranidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intranidal.

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