1.【动】孤生的
1.describes some animals that display independent activity at birth, especially young birds that are hatched covered with down and with open eyes
1.Precocial - This term is used to describe species of birds in which hatching occurs relatively late in development.
Precocial-这个词是用来描述种鸟类,其中孵化出现相对较晚,在发展中。
2.The newly discovered precocial breeding could help to keep the species from vanishing, the researchers speculate.
研究人员推测,这种新发现的早熟繁殖能够防止种群灭绝。
3.And this is the difference. I mean, not all birds are precocial is what Dr. Dial told me.
这就是区别,我指的是,并非所有的鸟都像戴尔博士跟我说的那样,性早熟。