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nid·i·fy

 (nĭd′ə-fī′)
intr.v. nid·i·fied, nid·i·fy·ing, nid·i·fies
To build a nest.

[Latin nīdificāre : nīdus, nest; see sed- in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.]

nid′i·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
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nidify

(ˈnɪdɪˌfaɪ) or

nidificate

vb, -fies, -fying, -fied, -cates, -cating or -cated
(Zoology) (intr) (of a bird) to make or build a nest
[C17: from Latin nīdificāre, from nīdus a nest + facere to make]
ˌnidifiˈcation n
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nidify


Past participle: nidified
Gerund: nidifying

Imperative
nidify
nidify
Present
I nidify
you nidify
he/she/it nidifies
we nidify
you nidify
they nidify
Preterite
I nidified
you nidified
he/she/it nidified
we nidified
you nidified
they nidified
Present Continuous
I am nidifying
you are nidifying
he/she/it is nidifying
we are nidifying
you are nidifying
they are nidifying
Present Perfect
I have nidified
you have nidified
he/she/it has nidified
we have nidified
you have nidified
they have nidified
Past Continuous
I was nidifying
you were nidifying
he/she/it was nidifying
we were nidifying
you were nidifying
they were nidifying
Past Perfect
I had nidified
you had nidified
he/she/it had nidified
we had nidified
you had nidified
they had nidified
Future
I will nidify
you will nidify
he/she/it will nidify
we will nidify
you will nidify
they will nidify
Future Perfect
I will have nidified
you will have nidified
he/she/it will have nidified
we will have nidified
you will have nidified
they will have nidified
Future Continuous
I will be nidifying
you will be nidifying
he/she/it will be nidifying
we will be nidifying
you will be nidifying
they will be nidifying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been nidifying
you have been nidifying
he/she/it has been nidifying
we have been nidifying
you have been nidifying
they have been nidifying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been nidifying
you will have been nidifying
he/she/it will have been nidifying
we will have been nidifying
you will have been nidifying
they will have been nidifying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been nidifying
you had been nidifying
he/she/it had been nidifying
we had been nidifying
you had been nidifying
they had been nidifying
Conditional
I would nidify
you would nidify
he/she/it would nidify
we would nidify
you would nidify
they would nidify
Past Conditional
I would have nidified
you would have nidified
he/she/it would have nidified
we would have nidified
you would have nidified
they would have nidified
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lactitarse also nidifies in forest areas, where Alpaida and Acacesia were also frequently captured.
This species nidifies solely in forest areas (Buschini and Farjardo, in press) and captures almost exclusively wandering spiders of the family Anyphaenidae and genus Teudis.