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Definition of Preen gland
1. Noun. Oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preen Gland
Literary usage of Preen gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"Almost the only skin gland is an oil or preen gland, lying dorsally at the root
of the tail. The pectoral muscles used in flight are generally large ..."
2. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"One would like to experiment with the oil from the preen gland of birds to see
whether the scent of this does not help in the recognition of kin by kin at ..."
3. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"The frigatebird does not have a large enough preen gland to supply the amount of
oil required to effectively waterproof its wings. ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Skin glands, so abundant in mammals and elsewhere, are here absent; but at the
very end of the tail there is a two-lobed oily preen-gland, the secretion of ..."
5. Anurida by Augustus Daniel Imms (1906)
"Sommer (23) believed it to be an adhesive organ, and suggested that it also
performed the same service for the integument as does the preen gland for the ..."
6. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"... sometimes domesticated, is remarkable for the musk-like smell of the male
preen-gland. Less nearly related to the true ducks are the Geese (see GOOSE), ..."
7. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"... from Brazil and Paraguay, sometimes domesticated, is remarkable for the
musk-like smell of the male preen-gland. Less nearly related to ..."
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