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broodlings

broodlings is the plural of broodling.

Meaning of broodling

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

Questions about broodlings

What is broodlings the plural of?
Broodlings is the plural of broodling.

Words near broodlings in the dictionary

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

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