Applied to an oven or chamber for producing a moderate continuous heat; in quots. an incubating chamber. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > incubator or brooder (7) furnacec1400 Applied to an oven or chamber for producing a moderate continuous heat; in quots. an incubating chamber. Obsolete. brood-oven1737 eccaleobion1839 The name given to an egg-hatching apparatus invented by W. Bucknell about 1839. hatcher1856 A device in which eggs are hatched artificially, esp. for commercial purposes; an incubator. incubator1857 An apparatus for hatching birds by artificial heat. brooder1880 An apparatus for the artificial rearing of young chickens and other birds. Also attributive. Originally U.S. brood-chamber1888 (a) a chamber for holding the eggs or brood of an animal, etc.; (b) a chamber folded off from the uterus and closed around the embryo in some… |
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