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brood patches

brood patches is the plural of brood patch.

Meaning of brood patch

Noun

brood patch (plural brood patches)

  1. A patch of featherless skin that is visible on the underside of birds during the nesting season, helping them to transfer heat to their eggs when incubating.
    Synonyms:
    incubation patch

Questions about brood patches

What is brood patches the plural of?
Brood patches is the plural of brood patch.

Words near brood patches in the dictionary

  1. brood nests
  2. brood parasite
  3. brood parasites
  4. brood parasitism
  5. brood patch
  6. brood patches
  7. brood pouch
  8. brood pouches
  9. brood size
  10. brood sizes
  11. brood sow

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