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Значения термина preening in birds на английском

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Maintenance behaviour of birds.

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Examples for "preening"
Examples for "preening"
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Sometimes asking a question is less about curiosity and more about preening.
BBC
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The others are dim, feeble little things preening themselves in reflected glory.
West Wind Drift
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Robyn is in the bathroom, preening, cooling down from our fight earlier.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
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Emma's sisters couldn't stop themselves from preening a bit as he passed.
The devil wears plaid
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Bobbie sat down at the risk of spoiling some of her preening.
Jane Allen, Junior
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Even wild kakapos are known to approach, climb on, and preen people.
Wired
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Carefully, he began to preen, pulling out some feathers and smoothing others.
Secrets of the Wolves
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He said you'd pine and you'd preen, and how very right he was.
Imajica: Complete Edition
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There were many store-windows to preen before, as in a mirror.
Half a Rogue
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Birds came there to drink and bathe and preen and dress their feathers.
The Shuttle
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The regiment fluttered like a bird preening its plumage and became motionless.
War and Peace
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Even to Commander Raffleton himself it looked as if the great wings were quivering, like the outstretched pinions of a bird preening itself before flight.
Malvina of Brittany