Definitions
the basic unit of money in Albania
Word origin
From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867.
Used in a sentence
“1975, 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.”
“Nevertheless, it does appear that many of the processes of mate choice and sexual selection described for bird and mammal leks also apply to anuran choruses.”
“Males in many lekking species have conspicuous morphological ornaments that may be targets of female choice, but male contest competition may also be involved.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Currency of Albania”3 letters
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