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broodlets

broodlets is the plural of broodlet.

Meaning of broodlet

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)

Questions about broodlets

What is broodlets the plural of?
Broodlets is the plural of broodlet.

Words near broodlets in the dictionary

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

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