2006-12-20 22:31:11 · 6 answers · asked by hitesh.udeshi 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
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Brooding: The behavior by parent birds of "sitting on" their nestlings in order to warm them, conceal them, or shade them. Because nestling Purple Martins are hatched in a state of complete nakedness and don't acquire a coat of feathers until they are about two weeks old, the adults spend a great deal of time brooding their young to keep them warm.
2006-12-20 22:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
brood·ing
–adjective
1. preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
2. cast in subdued light so as to convey a somewhat threatening atmosphere: Dusk fell on the brooding hills.
2006-12-20 23:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by jh_sakura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
brooding refers to, to care for eggs either inside or outside the female body,during at atleast early stages of development
2006-12-21 17:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by .pink 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
brooding refers to sitting on chicks by the parent to keep warm or to keep cool (by shading them). Incubate refers to sitting on eggs.
2006-12-21 10:43:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically, it refers to the development of the chick (embryo) within the egg and the constant temperature required for the development of it over a specific period. Incubate in another term.
2006-12-20 22:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by Shr| 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pensiveness: persistent morbid meditation on a problem
2006-12-20 22:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by Shubho 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋