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单词 pigeon's milk
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Definition of pigeon's milk in English:

pigeon's milk

noun
mass noun
  • A secretion from a pigeon's crop, which it regurgitates and feeds to its young.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second pigeon accomplishment is the production of pigeon's milk.
    • Pigeon's milk begins to be produced a couple of days before the eggs are due.
    • Pigeon's milk, a cheesy secretion of the crop lining rich in fat, protein, and vitamins (like mammals' milk), is regulated by the same pituitary hormone that controls milk secretion in mammals.
    • The parent pigeons are almost unique since they feed the infants on a secretion of the crop known as pigeon's milk.
    • In just under three weeks the babies hatch and are fed on special pigeon's milk which is a curd-like substance produced in the crops of both parents.
 
 

Definition of pigeon's milk in US English:

pigeon's milk

noun
  • A secretion from a pigeon's crop, which it regurgitates and feeds to its young.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pigeon's milk, a cheesy secretion of the crop lining rich in fat, protein, and vitamins (like mammals' milk), is regulated by the same pituitary hormone that controls milk secretion in mammals.
    • Pigeon's milk begins to be produced a couple of days before the eggs are due.
    • In just under three weeks the babies hatch and are fed on special pigeon's milk which is a curd-like substance produced in the crops of both parents.
    • The second pigeon accomplishment is the production of pigeon's milk.
    • The parent pigeons are almost unique since they feed the infants on a secretion of the crop known as pigeon's milk.
 
 
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