nidificate

[ nid-uh-fi-keyt ]

/ ˈnɪd ə fɪˌkeɪt /

to build a nest.

Origin of nidificate

1810–20; < Latin nīdificātus (past participle of nīdificāre to build a nest); see nidify, -ate¹

nid·i·fi·ca·tion, noun nid·i·fi·ca·tion·al, adjective

niddm, nide, nidge, nidhogg, nidicolous, nidificate, nidifugous, nidify, nidus, nidus avis, nidwalden

Thanks about the instinct of nidification, and for your answers on many points.

More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles Darwin
But very little is known of the nidification of the Brent Goose.

British Sea Birds |Charles Dixon
All the species seem to have similar habits of nidification.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 |Various
Did the builders work continuously at it from sunrise to sunset, the period of nidification would be considerably shortened.

Nests and Eggs of Birds of The United States |Thomas G. Gentry

What if there be different instincts in human art, as there is in the nidification of birds?

Man and His Migrations |R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham