nidifyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin nīdificō (“build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + faciō (“make, do”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪd.əˌfaɪ/

動詞

nidify (三人称単数 現在形 nidifies, 現在分詞 nidifying, 過去形および過去分詞形 nidified)

1. (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 […] Five or six kinds are now ascertained to nidify; and of these, two belong to the genus Gasterosteus […]

   • 1997, Gert-Jan van Dijk, Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi: Fables in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Culture, page 206

     […] it may originally have explained why dung beetles do not appear when eagles nidify; […]

   • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 123:

     Among the birds that nidify there and live throughout the year [...] the sultan bird detaches[.]

同意語

• nidificate, nidulate

関連する語

and see: nidifugous

アナグラム

• indify