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mouthbrooding

The English word “mouthbrooding” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Oral incubation; the care given by some animals, especially fishes, to their offspring by holding them in the mouth for extended periods of time.

Etymology

From mouth + brooding.

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