An egg, natural or artificial, left in a nest to induce a hen, etc., to continue to lay after other… figurative and in figurative contexts (cf…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-rearing equipment (6) nest-egg1579 An egg, natural or artificial, left in a nest to induce a hen, etc., to continue to lay after other… figurative and in figurative contexts (cf… mother1807 In full artificial mother. An artificial brooder for young poultry. Now rare. brood-basket1848 incubator1857 An apparatus for hatching birds by artificial heat. crammer1887 An apparatus used in cramming poultry. foster-mother1907 An apparatus for rearing chickens hatched in an incubator. |
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