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Dec 1, 2009
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incuba'tion 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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

incubationincubation period
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