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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
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In other words, the likelihood of finding a match of your same genetic ethnic makeup is dependent on how many people from your same ethnicity have signed up on the registry.Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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But that’s dependent on the funding of philanthropists and corporate partners.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Finding an Embedded Tick on Your Dog Ticks are small, parasitic arachnids that latch onto a host to feed on their blood.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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This shift threatens the sustainability of platforms that originally provided the training data for these AI systems, creating a parasitic relationship that could ultimately harm both content creators and the AI systems that depend on them.Virginie Berger, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The symbiotic relationship between Trump and Trump Media raises red flags for investors.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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This symbiotic relationship highlights the importance of collaboration.Evgeny Popov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Precocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precocial. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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