crop milk
A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the…A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is fed to their young (squabs) through regurgitation. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and some penguins.
» The children helped tend the crops, milk the cows, and feed the horses and chickens.
Дети помогали ухаживать за посевами, доить коров и кормить лошадей и кур.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is fed to their young (squabs) through regurgitation. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and some penguins.
Kropfmilch, Taubenmilch
зо́бное молоко́zóbnoje molokó, пти́чье молоко́ptíčʹje molokó, голуби́ное молоко́golubínoje molokó
Examples
1 sentencesThe children helped tend the crops, milk the cows, and feed the horses and chickens.
ruДети помогали ухаживать за посевами, доить коров и кормить лошадей и кур. — Selena777
Translations
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Forms
plural: crop milks| Singular | crop milk |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable