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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

altricial \altricial\ adj. 1. born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; -- of hatchlings. Opposite of precocial. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

altricial adj 1: (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food [ant: precocial]