单词	brood patch
释义	brood patch noun : a featherless, fluid-filled area on the abdomen or breast of birds that is filled with surface blood vessels which are used to apply heat to the eggs during incubation It was an adult female, identifiable by its brood patch: a featherless area that females develop seasonally so that first their eggs and then their young can be warmed against the mother's skin. Roberta Hershenson, New York Times, 2 Aug. 1992 Pressed against the parent's warm brood patch, the single egg easily weathers brief storms. Natural History, November 1990 Word History First Known Use 1928, in the meaning defined above
随便看	long field long fold long for long four long game long glass long gone long grain long green long handle long haul long hauler long haulers long hauls long hop long horse long hours long hundred long hundredweight long hunter long in coming long in the tooth long iron Long Island Long Island City

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