2. Verb. (third-person singular of brood#Verb brood) ¹
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Definition of Broods
1. brood [v] - See also: brood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broods
Literary usage of Broods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches on North American Acridiidae by Albert Pitts Morse (1904)
"NUMBER OF broods. Notwithstanding the great length of the season of active life
in the Lower Austral zone, there is, so far as I have been able to learn, ..."
2. Field Book of Birds of the Southwestern United States by Roger Tory Peterson, Gilbert Haven Trafton, Luther E. Wyman, Elizabeth F. Burnell (1916)
"Number of broods. The general rule among birds is that one brood is reared each
season, but a number of common birds, such as the robin, bluebird, and wren, ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1895)
"Somewhat common; April to September. Two broods; the pupa hibernates. ...
Probably three broods; probably hibernates in the pupa state. ..."
4. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"The 162 broods studied were taken at random from the field, and therefore ...
These 162 broods contained a total of 31001 individuals, or an average of over ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The dread Achilles, range in fight, but now broods in his galleys, sullen, and
withdrawn." So from the city's citadel the God Raised his dread voice ..."
6. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"broods or Generations of Insects.—Most insects live one year; hatching from the
egg early in the summer, they pass through the larval state, ..."
7. Bird Friends: A Complete Bird Book for Americans by Gilbert Haven Trafton (1916)
"Number of broods. The general rule among birds is that one brood is reared each
season, but a number of common birds, such as the robin, bluebird, and wren, ..."
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