WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ni•dus
(nī′dəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -di (-dī).USA pronunciation
ni′dal, adj.
- Zoologya nest, esp. one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- Zoology, Pathologya place or point in an organism where a germ or other organism can develop or breed.
- Latin nīdus nest
- 1735–45
'nidus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bird's-nest fern
- eyas
- nest
- niche
- nidation
- nide
- nidicolous
- nidifugous
- nidify
- nye
- pilonidal