#nicheur

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candid sable
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Okay... maybe it's more that WR is sadly not as comprehensive as I thought.

I just found "ravageur" as a noun isn't on WR either, but it meant "pest" in "les oiseaux luttent contre les ravageur.

lost terrace
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Yea WR isn't always right

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My professirs frequently disagree with it

spare spruce
plain geyser
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When in doubt, use CNTRLFR

onyx flame
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I know of it as an adjective related to birds.

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Can we see the article?

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As for ravageur, it can be both the adjective and the noun (likely derived from the adjective).

candid sable
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It’s this one: https://www.rts.ch/info/environnement/2025/article/la-suisse-en-retard-sur-la-protection-de-la-nature-selon-francois-turrian-29079745.html

Environ 40% des oiseaux nicheurs suisses sont par ailleurs en danger

Les prairies naturelles retiennent ainsi mieux le sol contre les éboulements ou les avalanches, les insectes permettent de polliniser nos cultures et les oiseaux luttent contre les ravageurs

rts.ch
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plain geyser
# candid sable It’s this one: https://www.rts.ch/info/environnement/2025/article/la-suisse-en-r...

Seems like a specific name
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiseau_nicheur

Oiseau nicheur

Les oiseaux nicheurs (fréquents, réguliers ou occasionnels) d'une aire géographique délimitée sont ceux qui y font leur nid, s'y reproduisent et garde sa couvée. S'y opposent les oiseaux hôtes et les « harceleurs ». Ces derniers limitent leur activité à la reproduction et à la ponte dans le nid d'un oiseau d'une autre espèce. Cette ...

onyx flame
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Yep, as I said, the adjective is associated with birds.

candid sable
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Is it a specific name like how « songbirds » are not literal birds made of songs or « northern cardinals » being the name of the bird, not that they’re cardinals that happened to be in the north?

plain geyser
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Probably

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It reminds me of words whose sole usage is only in a fixed expression. For example, the word ‘ulterior’ almost always appears with ‘motives’

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or ‘lo’ in ‘lo and behold’

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Though it’s probably another phenomenon

spare spruce
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where did you see "nicheur"?