Nidus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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nidus
nīdus, i, m. [kindred with Sanscr. nīda and the Germ. and Engl. nest], a nest. I Lit.: fingere et c...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
nidus
nīdus ī, m a nest: effingere et constituere nidos: tignis nidum suspendit hirundo, V.: facere, O.: ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary