"brood patch" meaning in All languages combined

See brood patch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: brood patches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: brood patch Synonyms: incubation patch Translations (patch of featherless skin that is visible on the underside of birds): Brutfleck [masculine] (German), placa de choco [feminine] (Portuguese), placa de incubação [feminine] (Portuguese), parche de incubación [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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