"preen oil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: preen oils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preen oil (countable and uncountable, plural preen oils)
  1. (ornithology) Oil produced by the uropygial gland in birds, used in preening. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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