Birds and Mammals
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| preening | in birds, the act of grooming and maintaining their feathers
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| molting | the shedding of an exoskeleton, skin, feathers, or hair to be replaced by new parts
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| down feathers | a soft feather that covers the body of young birds and provides insulation to adult birds
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| contour feathers | one of the most external feathers that cover a bird and that helps determine its shape
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| lift | an upward force on an object that moves in a fluid
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| brooding | to sit on and cover eggs to keep them warm until they hatch to incubate
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| mammary gland | in a female mammal, a gland that secretes milk
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| diaphragm | a dome-shaped muscle that is attached to the lower ribs and functions as the main muscle in respiration
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| placental mammal | a mammal that nourishes its unborn offspring through placenta inside its uterus
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| gestation period | in mammals, the length of time between fertilization and birth
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| monotreme | a mammal that lays eggs
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| marsupial | a mammal that carries and nourishes its young in a pouch
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