A secretion from a pigeon's crop, which it regurgitates and feeds to its young.
鸽乳（鸽子嗉囊中分泌出来的用以喂养幼鸽的凝状物）
Example sentencesExamples
The second pigeon accomplishment is the production of pigeon's milk.
Pigeon's milk begins to be produced a couple of days before the eggs are due.
Pigeon's milk, a cheesy secretion of the crop lining rich in fat, protein, and vitamins (like mammals' milk), is regulated by the same pituitary hormone that controls milk secretion in mammals.
The parent pigeons are almost unique since they feed the infants on a secretion of the crop known as pigeon's milk.
In just under three weeks the babies hatch and are fed on special pigeon's milk which is a curd-like substance produced in the crops of both parents.
Definition of pigeon's milk in US English:
pigeon's milk
noun
A secretion from a pigeon's crop, which it regurgitates and feeds to its young.
鸽乳（鸽子嗉囊中分泌出来的用以喂养幼鸽的凝状物）
Example sentencesExamples
Pigeon's milk, a cheesy secretion of the crop lining rich in fat, protein, and vitamins (like mammals' milk), is regulated by the same pituitary hormone that controls milk secretion in mammals.
Pigeon's milk begins to be produced a couple of days before the eggs are due.
In just under three weeks the babies hatch and are fed on special pigeon's milk which is a curd-like substance produced in the crops of both parents.
The second pigeon accomplishment is the production of pigeon's milk.
The parent pigeons are almost unique since they feed the infants on a secretion of the crop known as pigeon's milk.