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broodstock

broodstock noun: a group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.

Noun

broodstock (countable and uncountable, plural broodstocks)

  1. A group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.
    • So the spermatogonia of an endangered species could be kept preserved and used to produce male and female broodstock to help rebuild populations.2007 September 18, Henry Fountain, “A New Hope for Endangered Fish: Surrogate Breeding”, in New York Times

Forms of broodstock

pluralbroodstocks

Origin of broodstock

From brood + stock.

Questions about broodstock

What does broodstock mean?
Broodstock means a group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.
What part of speech is broodstock?
Broodstock is a noun.
What is the plural of broodstock?
The plural of broodstock is broodstocks.

Words near broodstock in the dictionary

  1. broodnest
  2. broodnests
  3. broods
  4. broods above
  5. broodsome
  6. broodstock
  7. broodstocks
  8. broodstrain
  9. broodstrains
  10. broody
  11. broogh

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