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Meaning of crop milk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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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.

countable, uncountable

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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