preening

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From the Latin for "anoint before", it's the process by which a bird cleans its feathers with its beak preening $600 DJ BIRDWATCHER'S LINGO 1999-05-24 #3401
Term for the process of a bird cleaning its feathers by running its beak through them preening $300 J BIRDS 1990-10-19 #1410
This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers Preening $600 DJ BIRDS 1990-03-29 #1294
This process of cleaning & smoothing feathers w/their bills is to birds what primping is to people preening $300 J BIRDS 1988-09-16 #925
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