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Nidus

noun
(pl. nidi)
1.
A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.  Synonyms: focal point, focus.
2.
A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs.



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"Nidus" Quotes from Famous Books



... made above to the possibility that the Roman imago of an ancestor actually embodied his ghost, at least on solemn occasions. The custom of providing a material abode or nidus for the ghost is found all over the earth; e.g. in New Ireland a carved chalk figure of the deceased, indicating the sex, is procured, and entrusted to the chief of a village, who sets it up in a funeral hut in the middle of a large taboo house adorned with plants. The survivors ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Nidus" :   wasp's nest, wasps' nest, nest, point, hornet's nest, hornets' nest, focal infection, focus


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