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Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. & n. (US precocial) --adj. (of a bird) having young that can feed themselves as soon as they are hatched. --n. a praecocial bird (cf. ALTRICIAL). Etymology: L praecox -cocis (as PRECOCIOUS)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Praecocial Pr[ae]*co"cial, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Pr[ae]coces.
