INCUBATION PATCH


Meaning of INCUBATION PATCH in English

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 .

[ 1950-55 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .