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Recent Examples of precocial
Comparison with avian brain evolution suggests that placental brain size should be constrained due to placentals’ relative precociality, as has been hypothesized for precocial bird hatchlings.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2010
Ducks are what scientists call precocial birds — capable of feeding, swimming and walking soon after hatching.
—New York Times, 22 June 2022
Godwits and most other ground nesters, on the other hand, are precocial birds.
—Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
Game birds, precocial, have larger clutches because the young, feathered and out of the nest upon hatching, are more subject to predation.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
The opposite are precocial birds, birds that hatch with feathers and are mobile and ready to go shortly after emerging from the egg.
—Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2017
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2010
Ducks are what scientists call precocial birds — capable of feeding, swimming and walking soon after hatching.
—New York Times, 22 June 2022
Godwits and most other ground nesters, on the other hand, are precocial birds.
—Jim Robbins, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
Game birds, precocial, have larger clutches because the young, feathered and out of the nest upon hatching, are more subject to predation.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
The opposite are precocial birds, birds that hatch with feathers and are mobile and ready to go shortly after emerging from the egg.
—Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precocial
Adjective
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Investors in catastrophe bonds receive periodic payments similar to those in other types of bonds, but the return of principal is dependent on whether or not an extreme natural disaster creates total losses beyond a certain point.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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This is not exactly the axis of evil, or the axis of anything except countries that are either dependent on the United States or otherwise easily pushed around.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the 1980s, UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease.—
Justin Hemenway,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This symbiotic relationship between CX and EX is a powerful driver of growth.—
Deepinder Singh Sethi,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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That’s disrupting a delicate symbiotic relationship that’s existed for years: if businesses create good content, Google sends them traffic.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Precocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocial. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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