English Explanatory Dictionary

crop milk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-crop milk.wav

Word forms

crop milk crop milks
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