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Meaning of "mouthbrooder" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUTHBROODER

mouthbrooder  [ˈmaʊθˌbruːdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUTHBROODER

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Mouthbrooder is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MOUTHBROODER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mouthbrooder

Mouthbrooder

Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, most notably Darwin's frog, fishes are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders. Mouthbrooding has evolved independently in several different families of fish.

Definition of mouthbrooder in the English dictionary

The definition of mouthbrooder in the dictionary is any of various African cichlid fishes of the genera Tilapia Haplochromis that carry their eggs and young around in the mouth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUTHBROODER


Barbuda
bɑːˈbuːdə
barracuda
ˌbærəˈkjuːdə
Bermuda
bəˈmjuːdə
brooder
ˈbruːdə
concluder
kənˈkluːdə
deluder
dɪˈljuːdə
denuder
dɪˈnjuːdə
eluder
ɪˈluːdə
excluder
ɪksˈkluːdə
extruder
ɪkˈstruːdə
garuda
ɡəˈruːdə
intruder
ɪnˈtruːdə
Juda
ˈdʒuːdə
Judah
ˈdʒuːdə
mock-Tudor
ˌmɒkˈtjuːdə
obtruder
əbˈtruːdə
occluder
əˈkluːdə
preluder
prɪˈljuːdə
remuda
rɪˈmjuːdə
Tudor
ˈtjuːdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUTHBROODER

mouth
mouth off
mouth organ
mouth ulcer
mouth-to-mouth
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
mouthable
mouthbreather
mouthbreeder
mouther
mouthfeel
mouthful
mouthier
mouthiest
mouthily
mouthless
mouthlike
mouthpart
mouthpiece
mouthwash

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUTHBROODER

coder
corroder
decoder
do-gooder
encoder
exploder
flooder
foreboder
moder
shoder
transcoder
vocoder

Synonyms and antonyms of mouthbrooder in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mouthbrooder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUTHBROODER

Find out the translation of mouthbrooder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mouthbrooder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mouthbrooder» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mouthbrooder
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incubador bucal
570 millions of speakers

English

mouthbrooder
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mouthbrooder
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mouthbrooder
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mouthbrooder
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mouthbrooder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mouthbrooder
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incubateur buccal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemotong mulut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maulbrüter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mouthbrooder
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mouthbrooder
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mouthbrooder
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhóm mouthbrooder
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mouthbrooder
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुंडब्रेडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mouthbrooder
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mouthbrooder
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mouthbrooder
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mouthbrooder
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mouthbrooder
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στοματεπωάζων είδος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mouthbrooder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mouthbrooder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mouthbrooder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mouthbrooder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUTHBROODER»

The term «mouthbrooder» is normally little used and occupies the 136.450 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUTHBROODER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mouthbrooder

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUTHBROODER»

Discover the use of mouthbrooder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mouthbrooder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Betta Handbook
The suggestion had no merit because the first fish named Betta was itself a mouthbrooder, so Betta would have priority for mouth- brooders, and we'd need a new name for the bubblenesters (Roberts, 1 989). Britz (2001) considered whether ...
Robert J. Goldstein, 2004
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Herpetology: Herping, Herpetological Society, Mouthbrooder, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
3
A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa
Fig.20 BEHAVIOUR IN FISHES: AGGRESSION A territorial male southern mouthbrooder advances from his nest in bright colours and with fins erect to chase off an intruder. Behaviour. (Figs. 20,21). Like other animals, fishes communicate by ...
Paul Harvey Skelton, 2001
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Inland Fishes of the Greater Southwest: Chronicle of a ...
Oreochmmis mossabicus (Peters), Mozambique mouthbrooder This African cichlid (fig. 4.139) is morphologically similar to the closely related congener Oreochromis aureus, and in this region the two often cannot be reliably distinguished ...
W. L. Minckley, Paul C. Marsh, 2009
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Hazardous and Industrial Waste Management and Testing: Third ...
... 2 Lagoon 1 Lagoon 1 bay discharge canal mouthbrooder mouthbrooder horse- eye jack mouthbrooder sun fish mouthbrooder mouthbrooder goby mouthbrooder sunfish shrimp shrimp shrimp mackerel oyster ...
Larry P. Jackson, Alan R. Rohlik, Richard A. Conway, 1984
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African Water Resource Database: Technical manual and ...
In the following example, the image for southern mouthbrooder ( Pscudocrenilabrus philander) is displayed in the module. Any image can be viewed at its full size by clicking on the image in the module (Figure 1.73). 1. Click on the I^M button ...
‎2007
7
Cichlids: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, ...
Gunther's mouthbrooder: The final chromi- dotilapian species that can be considered a standard in the hobby is Chromidotilapia guentheri, known as Gunther's mouthbrooder, or the mouthbrooding kribensis (see page 52). ln contrast to the ...
David M. Schleser, 2002
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Animals as Monitors of Environmental Pollutants
Both species lost weight over the 4-week period of the experiment, but the mouthbrooder was less resistant than the catfish to cadmium toxicity, showing 100% mortality at 250 ppm of cadmium compared to none for the catfish. Exposure to ...
‎1979
9
Bettas: Everything about History, Care, Nutrition, Handling, ...
This dwarf mouthbrooder is native to the Kapuas River basin in Borneo. Pinto ( 1999) kept them in R.O. water filtered through peat and reported high temperatures (78°F/25.5°C) necessary to maintain good health. At this high temperature (for a ...
Robert Goldstein, 2001
10
Extraction of Arrows
MOUTHBROODER For two years I have been a mouthbrooder fish, mute, tongue full of baby. Now this mouth is almost mine again I lick parched lips, prepare to speak. I practise glottal stops and fricatives; I wonder what to say first. From my ...
Kathryn Lomer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUTHBROODER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mouthbrooder is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Happy animal-kingdom Father's Day!
The hardhead catfish is a paternal mouthbrooder. This means that the fish carries his eggs in his mouth until they hatch. During the two-month ... «Central Kentucky News, Jun 15»
2
Sheffield's pet shop boys are open for business
Some of the brothers' more interesting creatures in stock include the Egyptian Mouthbrooder fish, which keeps its babies in its mouth, and a ... «The Star, Jan 15»
3
Isabella Rossellini, Getting Animal Again With 'Mammas'
Film star Isabella Rossellini has a fish on her head. She is a mouthbrooder, she explains, helpfully — meaning a fish who incubates her eggs in ... «NPR, Oct 13»
4
A very modern male of the sea: The Cardinal Fish is left to look after …
The Cardinal Fish is a mouthbrooder, where the males carry all the eggs in their mouth for weeks, unable even to eat until they have hatched. «Daily Mail, Feb 13»
5
The father who finds babysitting a mouthful: Dedicated cardinalfish …
The cardinalfish, found off the coast in Malaysia is a mouthbrooder, where the males carry all the eggs in their mouth for weeks. And the poor ... «Daily Mail, Jun 12»
6
Freshwater Nest-Builders
This fish is a maternal mouthbrooder, so the female then gathers the eggs into her mouth for incubation. It might be said in this case that the nest is not the pit, but ... «FishChannel.com, Jun 11»
7
Haplochromis obliquidens Cichlid
Like other haplochromine cichlid fish, Astatotilapia "thick-skin" is a maternal mouthbrooder with a markedly polygynous mating system. The association of males ... «FishChannel.com, Jun 11»
8
Your iPhone can sing psalms or tell you if a fish is kosher
... fishmonger wondering whether you can feast on jewfish, Mozambique mouthbrooder or even porkfish while keeping kosher. bit.ly/happ09. «Jweekly.com, Apr 10»
9
Dottybacks and Assessors Fish
The blue assessor (Assessor macneilli) is a mouthbrooder. The male member of the pair holds the egg mass in his mouth for about two weeks until they hatch, ... «FishChannel.com, Apr 09»
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The Southern Egyptian Mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor …
The Egyptian mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) is unique in that it is the female that does the mouthbrooding. Photo Credit: Diane Brown ... «FishChannel.com, Nov 08»

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