orientation cage

noun

A cage in which a bird experiencing migratory restlessness is kept in order to observe the direction of its migratory impulse.

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Meanings

nounorientation cage (plural orientation cages)

plural orientation cages

  1. biologyA cage in which a bird experiencing migratory restlessness is kept in order to observe the direction of its migratory impulse.
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