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incubating

verb as in hatch

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When she finally got broody she was given seventeen eggs and allowed to settle down to the task of incubating Christmas dinners.

So small is the nursery that sometimes the incubating bird looks as though it were sitting across a branch.

He is of opinion that the incubating birds treat the eggs thus in order to prevent their getting sun-baked.

Another bird which is now incubating eggs on the ground is the did-he-do-it or red-wattled lapwing (Sarcogrammus indicus).

The legs of the sitting sarus crane are folded under it, as are those of incubating flamingos and other long-legged birds.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to incubating, such as: breed, nurture, brood, and produce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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