lek

lek

(lĕk)

n.

1. A location where male animals of the same species gather and often present displays and where females go to select a male to mate with.

2. A group of males gathered at such a place.

intr.v. lekked, lekking, leks

1. To have a mating system in which males form leks: mammals that lek.

2. To participate in a lek.

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lek

a communal display area of some birds such as black grouse, ruff, which is removed from the normal breeding and feeding grounds.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005