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Adjective: altricial  al'tri-shul
  1. (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food
    "When eggs hatch, neonatal birds are naked, blind, highly altricial songbirds and totally dependent on parental warmth and feeding"

Antonym: precocial

Encyclopedia: Altricial