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Definition
incubation \In`cu*ba"tion\, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
During "incubation" the
adults will sit on the eggs using their body warmth to maintain the required
temperature for the eggs to hatch [syn: brooding]
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