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Creche logo #10101) Christmas display 2) Christmas lawn display 3) Christmas setting 4) Christmas sight 5) Christmas symbol 6) Christmas tableau 7) Day nursery 8) Day nursery 9) Display with donkeys 10) Epiphany tableau 11) Exhibit with a baby 12) Foundling hospital 13) French word used in English 14) Holiday exhibit
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Crèche

Crèche logo #10101) Day nursery
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Crèche logo #21000[zoology] The Crèche (from French) in zoology refers to care of another`s offspring, for instance in a colony. This term is generally used in the study of bird colonies. Many penguins form crèches, in addition to many other birds such as the Canada Goose, Common Eider and Common Shelduck. Among the reptiles, Spectacled Caiman also raise t...
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crèche logo #21003(from the article `folk art`) An outstanding category of Catholic folk art is the crèche, made up of figurines displayed at Christmas in homes or churches to reenact the birth of ...
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crèche logo #21003(from the article `penguin`) ...young bird remains at a parent`s side, although the fledgling is able to maintain its body heat and move about alone. The chick then joins 100 or ...
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Crèche logo #20972Crèche (krash) noun [ French] A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.
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Creche

Creche logo #21217A creche is a day nursey for young children. Originally, creches were public nurseries for the children of poor women who had to go out to work during the day. At the early creches, for a small payment, the children were nursed and fed during the day, remaining with their parents at night. These institutions were first started in Paris in 1844 and ...
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creche logo #20400[n] - a representation of Christ`s Nativity in the stable at Bethlehem 2. [n] - a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
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creche logo #24142An assemblage of the still-dependent young of two or more (usually many) breeding females, attended by one or more adults. Bird species whose young form creches include some pelicans, flamingos, geese, penguins, parrots, jays, and terns; creches of King Penguins and Emperor Penguins may contain several thousand young. Creche formation allows some b...
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Crèche logo #24148A flock of unrelated young brought together for protection, often guarded by a single parent bird, while other adult birds feed or rest.
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creche logo #24147A gathering of hatchlings in a nesting colony, tended to by different adult birds.
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creche logo #20974foundling hospital noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
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crèche logo #21199a small or large modeled representation or tableau of Mary, Joseph, and others around the crib of Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem, as is displayed in homes or erected for exhibition in a community at Christmas season. · a home for foundlings. · a day-care center; day nursery. · an assemblage of dependent young that are cared for ...
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