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preening

preening Preening is an animal’s grooming of its body surface.

Preening is an animal’s grooming of its body surface. It includes cleaning and caring for feathers or hair, such as using the bill on feathers or the tongue on hair.

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Drafting source: U.S. National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), 2026 descriptor edition. “Grooming” (D006120).
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