mouthbrooder

As nouns the difference between mouthbrooder and metaphor

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 metaphor is (uncountable|figure of speech) the use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of english without the words like'' or ''as , which would imply a simile.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and mouthbrooder

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while 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.

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.

As nouns the difference between mouthbrooder and pikehead

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 pikehead is the head of a pike (the weapon).