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broodlet

broodlet noun: a member of a brood.

Noun

broodlet (plural broodlets)

  1. A member of a brood.
    • As in the old myth the pelican, hovering over her dead broodlets, pierced its own breast in agony and fluttered there until by the fanning of its wings above them and the dropping of its warm blood on them they were brought to life again, […]1864, William rounseville Alger, A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life (page 578)

Forms of broodlet

pluralbroodlets

Origin of broodlet

From brood + -let.

Questions about broodlet

What does broodlet mean?
Broodlet means a member of a brood.
What part of speech is broodlet?
Broodlet is a noun.
What is the plural of broodlet?
The plural of broodlet is broodlets.

Words near broodlet in the dictionary

  1. broodingly
  2. broodingness
  3. broodings
  4. broodless
  5. broodlessness
  6. broodlet
  7. broodlets
  8. broodline
  9. broodlines
  10. broodling
  11. broodlings

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