Word: euphagus
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...Cowles thinks not. Last year, while dissecting Brewer's blackbirds (Euphagus cyanocephalus) he discovered that their testes moved downward and backward during the warm spring breeding season. In the new position they were "enveloped between the two dorsal folds of the abdominal air sacs." Cooled by circulating air, they could function properly, though the general body temperature might be much too high for them...
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