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brood
nounBROOD
meaning in plain English
A group of baby birds or chicks born to the same mother at the same time.
Picture a mother hen watching her brood of fluffy chicks, all snuggled together like a warm, feathered blanket.
for example
The mother hen led her fluffy little brood across the yard to find food.
Imagine a bunch of tiny chicks huddled under a hen’s wings. That whole group is her brood—like a family of newborns that hatched together and stick close to their mom.