Definition of "nidification" []

• The building of a nest. (noun)

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• "“The nidification of birds,” rejoined Goldsmith, “is what is least known in natural history, though one of the most curious things in it.”"
• "In its general manner of feeding, of quickly hopping out of the thickets and back again, in its desire of concealment, unwillingness to take flight, and nidification, it bears a close resemblance to the"
• "Casarita (or little housebuilder), although its nidification is quite different."