See Also: nidificate(medicine)

alvine (iou) and nidificate (medicine)


alvine (iou)



alvine adjective. Now rare. M18.
[mod. Latin alvinus, from alvus belly: see -INE1.]
Of or pertaining to the bowels.

nidificate (medicine)


nidificate


To make a nest. "Where are the fishes which nidificated in trees?" (Lowell)

Origin: L. Nidificare, nidificatum; nidus nest + -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy, and cf. Nest.

Source: Websters Dictionary