a. [ L. nidulans, p. pr.: cf. F. Nidulant. ] 1. Nestling, as a bird in its nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Nidulated p. pr. & vb. n. Nidulating. ] [ L. nidulari, fr. nidulus, dim. of nidus a nest. ] To make a nest, as a bird. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The time of remaining in the nest. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nidulus a little nest. ] (Paleon.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. nidi [ L. See Nidi, Nest. ] A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed. [ 1913 Webster ]