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broodling

broodling noun: a member of a brood, as of animals.

Noun

broodling (plural broodlings)

  1. a member of a brood, as of animals
    • And the black duck unfearing leads/Her broodling from the sheltering reeds.1895, John Bernard O'Hara, The White Man, and Other Poems, 2nd edition, London: Ward, Locke & Bowden, Songs of the South, part IV, stanza 7, line 10, page 174
  2. a member of a brood in science fiction

Forms of broodling

pluralbroodlings

Origin of broodling

From brood + -ling.

Questions about broodling

What does broodling mean?
Broodling means a member of a brood, as of animals.
What part of speech is broodling?
Broodling is a noun.
What is the plural of broodling?
The plural of broodling is broodlings.

Words near broodling in the dictionary

  1. broodlessness
  2. broodlet
  3. broodlets
  4. broodline
  5. broodlines
  6. broodling
  7. broodlings
  8. broodmare
  9. broodmares
  10. broodnest
  11. broodnests

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