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

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery