资料来源 : pyDict
巢,孵卵所,发生处
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nidus \Ni"dus\, 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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
nidus
n 1: a central point or locus of an infection in an organism;
"the focus of infection" [syn: {focus}, {focal point}]
2: a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs
[also: {nidi} (pl)]