noun / verb / adjective
brood
BROOD/brˈud/
Offspring produced and reared by a parent.
The mother duck leads her brood of ducklings through the reeds.
Etymology
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.
In context
perus have a family both parents care for their large brood of around a thousand the young fish breathe air just like their parents as they feed
More examples
- She broods the eggs until they are ready to hatch.
- The farm keeps several brood mares for breeding.
- The parents arrived with their lively brood of five children.
Forms
brood · broods · brooded · brooding
Similar words
- litter
- A group of mammals born together, brood especially suggests birds or a family's children.