lek
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lek
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lek englanniksi
(senseid) An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
1975, O. Wilson|Edward O. Wilson, ''Sociobiology: The New Synthesis'', figure caption, 2000, page 333,
- Each of the three displaying cocks occupies a small territory at the mating center of the lek.
{{quote-book|en|passage=Given that a combination of factors have "released" males from attending nests, why have some species organized their courtship bouts in leks, especially the tightly clumped leks that are typical of manakins and cocks-of-the-rock?
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To take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek.
{{quote-book|en|year=1994|author=M. B. Andersson|title=Sexual Selection|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lNnHdvzBlTYC&pg=PA164&dq=%22lekking%22%7C%22lekked%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bH0oUZCiEu_JmAW1voHwCA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22lekking%22%7C%22lekked%22&f=false|page=164
{{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=George Barlow|title=The Cichlid Fishes: Nature's Grand Experiment In Evolution|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LME6bc4m6QcC&pg=PA79&dq=%22lekking%22%7C%22lekked%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bH0oUZCiEu_JmAW1voHwCA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22lekking%22%7C%22lekked%22&f=false|page=79
2010, Boaz Yuval, Jorge Hendrichs ''17: Behavior of Fruit Fly in the Genus Ceratitis (Dacinae: Ceratitidini)'', Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom (editors), ''Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior'', page 437,
- In a recent study (Yuval et al. 1998), the size and weight of males captured either lekking or resting at the same time in the vicinity of leks were measured.
{{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Robert Michael Pyle|title=Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XqT7a3boztkC&pg=PT503&dq=%22lekked%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7YEoUe_lJeHzmAXiqoCoBQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg|page=unnumbered
To play.
(ux)
(senseid) The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka.
{{quote-book|en|year=1992|author=Mario I. Bléjer|title=Albania: From Isolation Toward Reform|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=FLjbRHqjcYEC&pg=PA46&dq=%22lek%22%7C%22leke%22%7C%22leks%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nHgoUdmpDevxmAXl3oHoCA&redir_esc=y|page=56
1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine, ''Country Studies: Albania'', Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai, ''Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies'', page 178,
- Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange for either immaterial privatization leks (through a bank transfer from the bidder's privatization lek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.
{{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Iraj Hoshi; Ewa Balcerowicz; Leszek Balcerowicz|title=Barriers to Entry and Growth of New Firms in Early Transition|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=--tdpvJvmuMC&pg=PA253&dq=%22lek%22%7C%22leke%22%7C%22leks%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nHgoUdmpDevxmAXl3oHoCA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22lek%22%7C%22leke%22%7C%22leks%22&f=false|page=253
(l) (gloss) (C)
(syn)
(syn of)
(infl of)
(l) (gloss)
(l)
A plant in the genus (taxfmt) (gloss):
Garlic (gloss)
Leek (gloss)
Something of little value.
(uxi)
the (l), currency of Albania. (C)
(inflection of)
a leak
medicine (gl)
(l) (gl)
limb (q)
(child's) play; typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities – "play" more in the sense of "engage in play" than "play a game"
a particular game or activity (associated with child's play)
a game, playing (more generally, sometimes with relaxed or nonchalant connotations)
a deck of cards
(l)
(verb form of)
(RQ:Buk Baibel)
hindleg (q)
(ant)
iron (gl)