bn:00013337n
Noun Concept
Categories: Ethology, Reproduction in animals, Eggs, Bird breeding
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brooding  incubation  egg incubation  incubate  Avian incubation
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Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body WordNet 3.0
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Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release. Wikipedia
The incubation of bird eggs by their parents Wikipedia Disambiguation
Sitting on or brooding the eggs of birds and other egg-laying animals to hatch them Wikipedia Disambiguation
The process by which certain oviparous animals hatch their eggs Wikidata
Incubating eggs by sitting on them. OmegaWiki
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process. Wiktionary
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young. Wiktionary (translation)
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