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Mouthbrooder vs Mouthbrooding - What's the difference?

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Mouthbrooder is a related term of mouthbrooding.


As nouns the difference between mouthbrooder and mouthbrooding

is that mouthbrooder is (zoology) any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in their mouths for extended periods of time while mouthbrooding is oral incubation; the care given by some animals, especially fishes, to their offspring by holding them in the mouth for extended periods of time.

mouthbrooder

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) Any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in their mouths for extended periods of time.
  • Derived terms

    *African mouthbrooder *blackchin mouthbrooder *blue Victoria mouthbrooder *dwarf Victoria mouthbrooder *Fuelleborn's mouthbrooder *Guenther's mouthbrooder *Katavi mouthbrooder *Lake Turkana mouthbrooder *Mozambique mouthbrooder *Paraguay mouthbrooder *southern mouthbrooder

    mouthbrooding

    Noun

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