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• idätellä• idättää• jälkeläiset• hautoa• hauduttaa• mietiskellä• mietiskellä (hautoa)• pesue• pentue• poikue* * *bru:d 1. verb1) ((of birds) to sit on eggs.) hautoa2) (to think (about something) anxiously for some time: There's no point in brooding about what happened.) hautoa2. noun(the number of young hatched at one time.) pesue
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brood — ► NOUN 1) a family of young animals produced at one hatching or birth. 2) informal all the children in a family. ► VERB 1) think deeply about an unpleasant subject. 2) (brooding) appearing darkly menacing. 3) (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch… … English terms dictionary
brood´i|ness — brood|y «BROO dee», adjective, brood|i|er, brood|i|est. 1. brooding: »a broody hen. 2. inclined to brood as a hen does; moody: » … Useful english dictionary
brood|y — «BROO dee», adjective, brood|i|er, brood|i|est. 1. brooding: »a broody hen. 2. inclined to brood as a hen does; moody: » … Useful english dictionary
brood mare — brood mare, a mare kept for breeding. * * * ˈbrood mare f24 [brood mare brood mares] noun a female horse kept for breeding … Useful english dictionary
brood chamber — noun 1. : brood pouch 2. or brood nest in a beehive : the part of the comb set aside for brood rearing … Useful english dictionary
brood nest — noun see brood chamber 2 * * * brood nest, a round area in the center of a bees nest consisting of cells containing eggs and developing bees. The bees store pollen in cells above and on the sides of the brood nest … Useful english dictionary
brood-pouch — broodˈ pouch or broodˈ sac noun A body cavity, eg in viviparous cockroaches, in which eggs or embryos are received and developed • • • Main Entry: ↑brood … Useful english dictionary
brood-sac — broodˈ pouch or broodˈ sac noun A body cavity, eg in viviparous cockroaches, in which eggs or embryos are received and developed • • • Main Entry: ↑brood … Useful english dictionary
brood — noun 1》 a family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth. 2》 bee or wasp larvae. verb 1》 think deeply about something that makes one unhappy. 2》 [as adjective brooding] appearing darkly menacing. 3》 (of a bird) sit… … English new terms dictionary
brood hen — noun a domestic hen ready to brood • Syn: ↑broody, ↑broody hen, ↑setting hen, ↑sitter • Hypernyms: ↑hen, ↑biddy … Useful english dictionary
brood|er — «BROO duhr», noun. 1. a closed place that can be heated, used especially in raising chicks and other fowl. 2. a person who broods. 3. a hen hatching or ready to hatch eggs … Useful english dictionary