| 单词 | trap-nest |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrap-nest trap-nest n. originally U.S. a nesting-box which a hen can enter but cannot leave until released; also as v. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > rear poultry [verb (transitive)] > trap-nest trap-nest1901 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > trap-nest trap-nest1901 1901 G. M. Cowell in Rep. Marine Agric. Exper. Station 1900 XVI. 97 It was a prime necessity to ascertain the exact record of the eggs produced by each individual. This led to devising the trap nest. 1908 Ann. Rep. N.Y. Agric. Exper. Station, Ithaca, 1907 261 For the poultry-man..who..will trap-nest conscientiously..we think there is a large reward. 1910 W. W. Broomhead Poultry & Profit iii. 33 I asked Mr. Tapley if he had his fowls trap-nested. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 29 Mar. (Suppl.) 3/1 Three hundred pullets are trapnested..each year. 1973 Animal Behaviour 21 98/1 When given access to trapnests the domestic hen has a characteristic behaviour associated with oviposition. < as lemmas |
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