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Incubator   /ˈɪŋkjəbˌeɪtər/   Listen
Incubator

noun
1.
Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.  Synonym: brooder.






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"Incubator" Quotes from Famous Books



... fed soft food and sour milk," she began. "Buttermilk would have been all right, and in that way your cows would have been self-supporting. You need a good pasture with a duck-farm. When I was in Germany I saw the most wonderful incubator—a child could operate it. I'd like to show you some brooder-house plans I had drawn over there. You see, you made your first mistake in choosing fresh-water. If I had a good location near salt-water—not too near—and proper ...
— The Auction Block • Rex Beach

... adoption papers. She took me with her. It was a month old. She made me go and tell my aunt I had a little sister. My aunt said it looked kind of big for 3 days old, but ma said she had been keeping it in an incubator. She had padded herself out before, and pretended it was her own child. Pa came home when it was six months old and he loved the baby just like his own. I ain't jealous, but it makes me sick ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy



Words linked to "Incubator" :   apparatus, thermoregulator, setup, incubate, thermostat



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