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crop milk en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.

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Hyponyms

pigeon's milk · pigeon milk · dove's milk · dove milk · penguin milk · flamingo milk

Translations (25)

eo kolombolakto (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · de Kropfmilch (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nn duemjølk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · de Taubenmilch (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · eo kropolakto (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · sv krävmjölk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · fr lait de jabot (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · da duemælk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · it latte del gozzo (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · pt leite de pombo (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · sv duvmjölk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · ru пти́чье молоко́ (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · da kromælk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · it latte di piccione (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nb duemjølk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · ru зо́бное молоко́ (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · es leche de buche (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · pt leite de papo (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · fr lait de pigeon (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · pl ptasie mleczko (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nb kromjølk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · ru голуби́ное молоко́ (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nb kromelk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nn kromjølk (“milk” from a bird’s crop) · nb duemelk (“milk” from a bird’s crop)