crop
1
7.9
- noun
- /krɑp/
- Specialized
:
buche
- We found that the microbes in the hoatzin's crop fermented fiber as efficiently as those from a cow's rumen.
- hoatzin's crop
Examples
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In the pigeon, the lower esophagus is a simple tube connecting the crop to the stomach.
Academic text (1992) -
Their eyes bulged out, and they vomited whatever food was in their crops.
Academic text (1999) -
I let Skawa fill her crop, then held out my arm.
Fiction book (1993) -
Some years back, I killed a woody that had a frog in its crop.
Blog text (23) -
The hoatzin's huge crop is harbored in a depression in the sternum, leaving little room for the attachment of flight muscles.
Academic text (1992) -
Rich in bacteria, the mash helps to inoculate the young birds' developing crops with important fermenting microbes.
Academic text (1992) -
As they sit immobile, one can sometimes see their muscular crop contracting and mixing their leafy food, indicating that all the action is going on inside.
Academic text (1992) -
The bird stored seeds in its crop to soften them before eating.
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In many birds, the crop serves as a temporary storage for food while it softens.
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The mother bird feeds her chicks by first placing food in her crop.
Synonyms
15
4.6
A sac on an animal's body for holding young or food
10
9.6
A pouch in the throat of some birds that holds food before it goes to the stomach
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
4.6
Spraying crops from a low-flying plane with chemicals to kill pests or help them grow
- Specialized
1
3.4
A plant with a large part under the ground that people eat, like a potato or carrot
- Specialized
1
4.6
A plant grown for a specific market rather than as a main food crop, like fruits or flowers
How Muscular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crop for the bird pouch comes from the old cropp meaning 'swelling' or 'bunch', because the throat area looks like a soft bag when it is full. So a bird's crop is the pouch where food stays before going to the stomach.