Like vomiting, only the food is processed before thrown up. Adult penguins feed their young this way.
bring up food from the stomach that has not been digested. Some animals regurgitate food for their young, not always because they are sick.
pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
To cast as partially digested food.
to vomit the food in a liquid, gas, or undigested form
to become thrown or poured back. Parent finches regurgitate or ‘spit up' the food they have eaten to feed to their young.
To bring food back up from the digestive tract after swallowing. Female hummingbirds regurgitate a slurry of nectar, pollen, and insects from their crops to feed their young.