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I. to build a nest: nidificant aves, Col. 8, 15, 5; 8, 8, 3: sola piscium nidificat ex algā, Plin. 9, 26, 42, § 81: turdi luto nidificantes, id. 10, 53, 74, § 147.—Prov.: sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves, Verg. ap. Don. Vit. Verg. 17.