pre|co|cial

pre|co|cial
pre|co|cial «prih KOH shuhl», adjective.
of or having to do with birds, such as grouse, whose chicks are downy when hatched and able to run about: »

The common song birds are all altricial, while domestic fowls, partridges, most wading birds, and the various ducks are precocial (A. Franklin Shull).

Also, praecocial.
[< Latin praecox, -cocis precocious + English -al1]

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  • preputial — Relating to the prepuce. * * * pre·pu·tial also pre·pu·cial prē pyü shəl adj of, relating to, or being a prepuce <preputial adhesions> * * * pre·pu·tial (pre puґshəl) pertaining to the prepuce …   Medical dictionary

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