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noun lɛklɛk The basic monetary unit of Albania, equal to 100 qindarkas.
Rhymes beck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, neck, peck, Québec, rec, reck, sec, sneck, spec, speck, spot-check, tec, tech, Toulouse-Lautrec, trek, wreck nounlɛklɛk A patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse. Example sentencesExamples - In those populations, females assemble in courting areas called leks to attract the few males that are flying about.
- Groups of males form leks, or display grounds in the tundra breeding areas.
- Males utilize bright mating colorations when displaying on the lek and contribute only genes to their progeny.
- Resident males remain on leks throughout the long arctic days.
- Males gather on a communal breeding ground, or lek, to display for females.
verb lɛklɛk [no object]usually as noun lekkingTake part in a communal display on a lek. antelopes mate in lekking grounds Example sentencesExamples - Hermits usually form leks and congregate on traditional lekking grounds, where females visit to choose a mate.
- Polyandry in lekking species may also occur if assessment criteria are subject to error, and in less well-understood situations.
- Amazingly, from 5,000 to 50,000 males may congregate during lekking, which occurs over a long breeding season in some cichlids.
- If this is so, then a female mating with a lekking male may be avoiding the less healthy males of the population by default.
- Such simultaneous sampling may be common in lekking and chorusing species, which have been the subjects of many studies of sexual selection.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from Swedish leka 'to play'. nounlɛk The basic monetary unit of Albania, equal to 100 qindarkas.
nounlɛk A patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse. Each male defends a small territory in order to attract females for mating. Example sentencesExamples - Resident males remain on leks throughout the long arctic days.
- Males gather on a communal breeding ground, or lek, to display for females.
- In those populations, females assemble in courting areas called leks to attract the few males that are flying about.
- Males utilize bright mating colorations when displaying on the lek and contribute only genes to their progeny.
- Groups of males form leks, or display grounds in the tundra breeding areas.
verblɛk [no object]usually as adjective lekkingTake part in a communal breeding display on a lek. antelopes mate in lekking grounds Example sentencesExamples - Such simultaneous sampling may be common in lekking and chorusing species, which have been the subjects of many studies of sexual selection.
- Hermits usually form leks and congregate on traditional lekking grounds, where females visit to choose a mate.
- If this is so, then a female mating with a lekking male may be avoiding the less healthy males of the population by default.
- Amazingly, from 5,000 to 50,000 males may congregate during lekking, which occurs over a long breeding season in some cichlids.
- Polyandry in lekking species may also occur if assessment criteria are subject to error, and in less well-understood situations.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from Swedish leka ‘to play’. |