Preen
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Birds
- Preen, personal groomingPersonal groomingPersonal grooming is the art of cleaning, grooming, and maintaining parts of the body. It is a species-typical behavior that is controlled by neural circuits in the brain.- In humans :...
of a bird's feathers especially by using its beak - Preen gland, also called the uropygial glandUropygial glandThe uropygial gland, informally known as the preen gland, is a gland found in the large majority of birds that secretes an oil that birds use for preening. The chief compounds of preen oil are diester waxes called uropygiols....
, an oil gland found in many bird species - Preen oil, an oil made by the uropygial glandUropygial glandThe uropygial gland, informally known as the preen gland, is a gland found in the large majority of birds that secretes an oil that birds use for preening. The chief compounds of preen oil are diester waxes called uropygiols....
found in many bird species - Preen, a trade name for trifluralinTrifluralinTrifluralin is a commonly used pre-emergence herbicide. With about 14 million pounds used in the United States in 2001, it is one of the most widely used herbicides. Trifluralin is generally applied to the soil to provide control of a variety of annual grass and broadleaf weed species...
Surname
- Garyn PreenGaryn PreenGaryn Vernon Preen is a Welsh footballer currently signed to Neath.-Club career:Preen began his career as a youth player with Welsh club Cardiff City, joining the youth system at Southampton at the age of 12....
(born 1991), Welsh footballer - Alan PreenAlan PreenAlan Thomas Preen is a former sportsman who played Australian rules football with East Fremantle in the WANFL and first-class cricket for Western Australia during the 1950s. He is a half forward flanker in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century'.Preen was mainly a centre half forward but...
(born 1935), former sportsman who played Australian rules football