Cover
Cover verb - Sit on (eggs).
Usage example: The female covers the eggs
Incubate
Incubate verb - Sit on (eggs).
Nearby Words: incubation, incubator, incubating, incubatory, incubative
Both words in one sentence
- In the comic, while the character named Her does begin the process that will eventually make Quasar (and several other male superheroes as well) incubate a child, Quaze is able to talk her into cancelling it before any reproduction even occurs, much less the full-term that the cover showed.
Source: Covers Always Lie / Comic Books
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