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broodstocks

broodstocks is the plural of broodstock.

Meaning of broodstock

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

Questions about broodstocks

What is broodstocks the plural of?
Broodstocks is the plural of broodstock.

Words near broodstocks in the dictionary

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

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