crop milk

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crop milk

noun crop milks

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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noun “milk” from a bird’s crop

Español	leche de buche
Português	leite de papo, leite de pombo
Français	lait de jabot, lait de pigeon
Deutsch	Kropfmilch, Taubenmilch
Italiano	latte del gozzo, latte di piccione
Русский	зо́бное молоко́ zóbnoje molokó, пти́чье молоко́ ptíčʹje molokó, голуби́ное молоко́ golubínoje molokó

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@misc{crop_milk_2026,
  title = {crop milk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crop%20milk},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}