Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 35 compound words that contain brood. The most common are listed below. Open brood in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- brood mareA stud mare, a female horse used for breeding.
- brood sowA female pig kept for breeding.
- brood patchA patch of featherless skin that is visible on the underside of birds during the nesting season, helping them to transfer heat to their eggs when incubating.
- brood parasiteAn animal - bird, fish or insect - that relies on other species to raise their young.
- Brood XOne of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States.
- brood parasitismThe practice of some species of animal (the parasites) of relying on another species (the host species) to rear the parasites' young, as practised by certain birds (for example, most species of cuckoo), insects (for example, cuckoo …
- brood chamberA chamber, typically underground, in which young (animals or insects) are born and raised until old enough to venture outside
- brood nestThe area of a beehive where the young are reared
- brood parasitesplural of brood parasite: An animal - bird, fish or insect - that relies on other species to raise their young.
- brood patchesplural of brood patch: A patch of featherless skin that is visible on the underside of birds during the nesting season, helping them to transfer heat to their eggs when incubating.
- brood pouchA cavity, in some animals, in which eggs develop and hatch.
- brood pouchesplural of brood pouch: A cavity, in some animals, in which eggs develop and hatch.
- brood sizeThe number of young animals in a brood.
- brood-parasiticPracticing brood parasitism.
- brood sowsplural of brood sow: A female pig kept for breeding.
- brood aboveTo cover or seem to cover a scene; to loom over a scene, as to cast a gloomy pall.
- brood cellA cell located in a bee comb, and used for the raising of immature larvae.
- brood cellsplural of brood cell: A cell located in a bee comb, and used for the raising of immature larvae.
- brood chambersplural of brood chamber: A chamber, typically underground, in which young (animals or insects) are born and raised until old enough to venture outside
- brood cocoonA cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.
- brood nestsplural of brood nest: The area of a beehive where the young are reared
- brood sizesplural of brood size: The number of young animals in a brood.
- brood maresplural of brood mare: A stud mare, a female horse used for breeding.
- brood cocoonsplural of brood cocoon: A cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.
Compound words 35
- broodyOf birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.
- broodstockA group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.
- broodsomeCharacterised or marked by brooding
- foulbroodA bacterial disease of bees.
- abroodUpon a brood; on a hatch.
- broodletA member of a brood.
- broodlinga member of a brood, as of animals
- stonebroodA disease of honey bees caused by Aspergillus fungi that cover the larvae with a hard layer of powdery spores.
- broodfishbroodstock
- broodlessLacking a brood