plural of brood nest

The area of a beehive where the young are reared

The number of young animals in a brood.

plural of brood size

(ornithology) The practice of laying eggs in the nest of another species (the host species) and allowing the host birds to rear the young, as practised by cowbirds, honeyguides, and most species of cuckoo.

(ornithology) Practicing brood parasitism.

A chamber, typically underground, in which young (animals or insects) are born and raised until old enough to venture outside

(biology, arachnology) A cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.

plural of brood cocoon

One of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States.