clutch
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5.8
- noun
- /klʌtʃ/
:
nidada
- The great queen rarely laid fewer than twenty eggs; this clutch, appropriately, numbered thirty-five.
- a clutch of eggs
- lay a clutch
- clutch size
Examples
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Because rodents were plentiful that year, the owls had produced a second clutch of live hatchlings in May.
Academic text (1995) -
"Jan bent to peer at the clutch of eggs.
Fiction book (1998) -
They were born in the same clutch, and they are the exact same age.
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After covering the clutch with vegetation, the females will retreat from the nesting grounds.
Academic text (2002) -
On the ground was a perfect clutch of speckled eggs, looking like a heap of pebbles.
Fiction book (2001) -
The mother bird sat patiently on her clutch of eggs, ensuring they were kept warm.
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After a successful nesting season, the owl returned to the tree to care for her new clutch of fledglings.
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The conservation group monitored the clutch of endangered sea turtle eggs to ensure their safety.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A pedal in a car you press to disconnect the engine so you can change gears
- Specialized
A machine part with cone-shaped surfaces that use rubbing to let power pass between two shafts
- Specialized
A clutch with cone shaped friction surfaces that connects two rotating shafts
- Specialized
A device in which flat disks press together to send power between moving parts
- Specialized
A device that uses rubbing between two surfaces to transfer power when changing gears
- Specialized
A device that lets a machine part move when too much force would damage the machine
- Specialized
A device that lets moving parts slide when twisting force is too high to protect machines
How Many
26
3.9
4
5.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clutch for a group of eggs comes from the idea of a bird keeping its eggs together in one batch. That's why the eggs laid or hatched at the same time are called a 'clutch'.