Meaning
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
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