Associations to the word «Altricial»

Wiktionary

ALTRICIAL, adjective. (zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.

Dictionary definition

ALTRICIAL, adjective. (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche