PREEN GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preen gland mean? 

• PREEN GLAND (noun)
  The noun PREEN GLAND has 1 sense:

1. oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds

  Familiarity information: PREEN GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREEN GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

preen gland; uropygial gland

Hypernyms ("preen gland" is a kind of...):

oil gland (a gland that secretes oil)

Holonyms ("preen gland" is a part of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)