5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
noun a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
noun a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *ní Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *nisdós Proto-Italic *nizdos Latin nīdusbor. English nidus Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.
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