nidificate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Sep. 23, 2014

nidificate \NID-uh-fi-keyt\ verb 1. to build a nest. Quotes Many nidificate in holes of trees, or in the earth; the eggs are white and subspherical. -- Richard Owen, On the Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. II, 1866 Origin Nidificate entered English in the early 1800s from the Latin nīdificāre meaning "to build a nest."

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