brood patch.
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Brood patch — young. The positions of brood patches can vary with many having a single brood patch in the middle of the belly while some shorebirds have one patch on each side of the belly. Gulls and galliformes may have three brood patches. Pelicans, boobies… … Wikipedia
brood patch. — See incubation patch … Useful english dictionary
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incubation patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth. Also called brood patch. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
incubation patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth. Also called brood patch. [1950 55] … Useful english dictionary
StarCraft: Brood War — StarCraft Entwickler: Blizzard Entertainment Mass Media Interactive Entertainment (Nintendo 64 Version) Ve … Deutsch Wikipedia
thermoreception — Sensory capacity (see sense) to detect the temperature of the environment and the body. It helps keep body temperature stable by regulating autonomic responses to temperature changes (see homeostasis). Temperature sensations are generated by… … Universalium
House Sparrow — Male in Australia Female in England … Wikipedia
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
