brooding (noun)

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• brooding — I noun 1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑incubation • Derivationally related forms: ↑incubate (for: ↑incubation) …   Useful english dictionary

• gastric brooding frog — noun either of two species of aquatic frog of the genus Rheobatrachus, found in eastern Queensland, which is distinguished by its habit of swallowing its fertilised eggs, incubating its eggs in its stomach, and finally giving birth to fully… …  

• enmity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English enmite, from Anglo French enemité, enemisté, from enemi enemy Date: 13th century positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will Synonyms: enmity, hostility, antipathy, antagonism, animosity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oviraptor — noun Etymology: New Latin, from ov + Latin raptor plunderer more at raptor Date: 1927 any of a genus (Oviraptor) of bipedal theropod dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous having a toothless muscular jaw, clawed finger and toes, and a crested skull and …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• breeder — noun a) A person who breeds plants or animals professionally. The number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from… …   Wiktionary

• incubation — noun a) Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process. Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The… …   Wiktionary

• thundercloud — noun a) a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud As the ominous thunderclouds of war gather over the Middle East, countries like France and Russia have threatened to… …   Wiktionary

• pleopod — noun In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction …   Wiktionary

• swimmeret — noun In decapods such as lobsters, swimmerets, technically called pleopods, are legs primarily used for swimming but also used for brooding the eggs (except in prawns) and catching food …   Wiktionary

• 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

• meditation — noun cultivating the presence of God through meditation Syn: contemplation, thought, thinking, musing, pondering, consideration, reflection, deliberation, rumination, brooding, reverie, brown study, concentration; prayer; formal cogitation …   Thesaurus of popular words