lek

lek
lek1
/lek/, n., v. lekked, lekking. Animal Behav.
n.
1. a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
v.i.
2. (of a male) to assemble in a lek and engage in competitive displays.
[1865-70; < Sw: mating ground (perh. elliptically from lekställe), mating, game, play, ON leikr play, c. OE lac struggle, offering, gift, Goth laiks dance, OHG leih melody]
lek2
/lek/, n.
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Albania, equal to 100 qintars.
[1925-30; < Albanian]

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      in animal behaviour, communal area in which two or more males of a species perform courtship displays. Lek behaviour, also called arena behaviour, is found in a number of insects, birds, and mammals. Varying degrees of interaction occur between the males, from virtually none to closely cooperative dancing. Females visit the lek briefly to select mates and to copulate, but they do not form lasting pair bonds with the males.

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