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Possible Answers: Preen.
Last seen on: Daily Celebrity Crossword – 12/18/17 Movie Monday
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Preening is a maintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the bill to position feathers, interlock feather barbules that have become separated, clean plumage, and keep ectoparasites under check. Though primarily an individual function, preening can also be a social activity involving two or more birds.
The use of the word “preen” to mean the tidying of a bird’s feathers dates from Late Middle English. It appears to be a variant of the word prune; one now obsolete definition of prune meant “annoint”, based on the Latin ungere, which had the same meaning. This usage was combined with the Scottish and northern English dialect preen meaning “pierce” or “pin”, due to the “pricking” action of the bird’s beak during preening.
Displaced feathers can cause birds considerable trouble; such feathers might become damaged, could interrupt the smooth flow of air over a flying bird, or might allow the bird’s body heat to escape. Preening allows a bird to reposition such displaced feathers. There is evidence that filoplumes, specialized feathers buried under a bird’s outer covering of contour feathers, help to signal when contour feathers have been displaced. Preening also enables birds to remove dirt and parasites from their plumage, and assists in the waterproofing of feathers. During moult, birds remove the sheaths from around their emerging pin feathers while preening.