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    Preening is a maintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers, interlock feather barbules that have become...
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  • Look up preen or preening in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Preen may refer to: Preening, personal grooming of a bird's feathers especially by using...
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    Uropygial gland (redirect from Preen gland)
    informally known as the preen gland or the oil gland, is a bilobed sebaceous gland possessed by the majority of birds used to distribute the gland's oil...
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    Hayley Preen (born 28 May 1998) is a South African racing cyclist, former equestrian and triathlete, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental...
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  • John Preen (born 15 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian...
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    Preen is a dispersed hamlet and small civil parish in central Shropshire, England. The county town of Shropshire is Shrewsbury, which is located to the...
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  • industrial revolution. Preens Eddy is a settlement on the south bank of the River Severn between the Woodbridge Inn, next to Coalport Bridge, and the...
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    as well as a forward to his final and posthumous novel. Kitchin was gay and lived with his lover Clive Bertram Preen until Preen's death in 1944. Kitchin’s...
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  • Garyn Vernon Preen (born 25 October 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a winger for RTB Ebbw Vale. Preen began his career as a youth player with...
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    supplement the bird's own preen oil. Instead of ants, birds can also use millipedes. More than 200 species of bird are known to ant. A possibly related...
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  • Alan Thomas Preen (4 July 1935 – 27 November 2016) was a sportsman who played Australian rules football with East Fremantle in the WANFL and first-class...
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  • in 2014. The band consists of Alex Whiteman (lead vocals, guitar), Matt Preen (lead guitar), Chris Bye (bass guitar), and Madi Hanley (drums). Brandon...
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  • of a duck directly around the preen gland (uropygial gland); they are very buoyant due to preen oil produced by the preen gland. They are used when tying...
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    softer. As it grows it is golden yellow, but the bird rubs its casque on its preen gland, whose oily secretion tints the surface of the casque bright red....
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    Grooming (also called preening) is the art and practice of cleaning and maintaining parts of the body. It is a species-typical behavior. Individual animals...
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  • "Preen" in media advertising voiceovers as the name for the pre-treat clothing stain remover, although "Vanish Preen" and "Vanish Napisan" continue to...
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  • Church Preen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains five listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England....
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  • Borja (June 11, 2016). "Award-Winning 'Rak of Aegis' Is Back Onstage - Preen.ph". Preen.ph. Retrieved November 27, 2018. "Aegis for all ages". www.philstar...
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  • two-year collaboration on the catwalk. Preen A/W ‘11 - A collection inspired by fabrics and patterns used to create Preen’s A/W designs. The collection consisted...
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    Rock dove (section Preening)
    feathers for preening, which gives a soft and silky feel to their plumage. They have no preen gland or at times have very rudimentary preen glands, so oil...
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