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Incubate Opening Crossword Clue

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noun

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

verb

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)

29%4 Bird whose males incubate the eggs
noun

• a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

• climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat

• fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh

• nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

29%4Incubate
noun

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

• the presence of heat

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

• utility to warm a building

verb

• make hot or hotter

• provide with heat

• arouse or excite feelings and passions

• gain heat or get hot

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Used as a place for birds to rest and incubate their eggs

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