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DictionaryRoot: brod
Old English

brod

young birds hatched in one nest

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A brood of ducklings follows their mother through reeds.
noun / verb / adjective

brood

BROOD/brˈud/

Offspring produced and reared by a parent.

Etymology
broodOld Englishyoung birds hatched in one nest

Old English brod named the young birds hatched in one nest. That shared-nest meaning underlies the broader sense of young animals hatched or born together.

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