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extranidal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English nidal English extranidal From extra- + nidal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Outside 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: