courtship display
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of courtship display
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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The lyrebird's tail is also flipped dramatically over its head during the courtship display, as in the above photo.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024
And for a non-human mammal to use an object as part of a courtship display is almost unheard of, he says—which is what makes the new discovery so exciting.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 20, 2017
“They show tap dancing throughout the courtship display, and they sometimes add songs to tap dancing.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2015
This courtship display happens on treetop branches the birds have stripped of their leaves, leaving a clear space in which to put on displays in the early morning light.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 27, 2015
In suitable large aviaries, however, their nesting habits, courtship, display, incubation, moult and so forth can be accurately observed and recorded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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