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- Dictionarybrood/bruːd/
noun
- 1. a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth: "a brood of chicks" Similar
- 2. bee or wasp larvae.
verb
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried: "she had brooded over the subject a thousand times" Similar
- 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them: "the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them" Similar
adjective
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: "a brood mare"
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Jul 21, 2024 · The term “animal” estimates the additive genetic effect; “dam” estimates any shared genetic or environmental maternal effects experienced by full sibs and maternal half sibs; and “brood” was nested in “dam” because several dams produced more than one brood.
Jul 21, 2024 · Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves ( / ˈeɪviːz / ), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Jul 17, 2024 · Coordinates: 51.5172°N 0.1024°W. A 19th-century illustration of Cock Lane. The haunting took place in the three-storey building on the right. The Cock Lane ghost was a purported haunting that attracted mass public attention in 1762.
Jul 21, 2024 · In this year’s pursuit of new understanding about the 17-year cicadas in the northern portion of the Brood XIII area, my most tedious activity involved counting flags. These are the browned leaves on the ends of twigs on trees and shrubs, killed when female cicadas deposit their eggs and cut off the flow of water to the tips.
Jul 20, 2024 · Courage, also called fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. It can be divided into "physical courage" — in face of physical pain, hardship, and threat of death — and "moral courage" — in the face of shame, scandal, and discouragement.
Jul 17, 2024 · BACKGROUND. Owing to its systemic mode-of-action and ease of application, lithium chloride (LiCl) is an ideal varroacide for the control of Varroa destructor infestations in honey bee colonies. To better understand how LiCl functions within a colony, we screened different parts of honey bee anatomy for lithium accumulation.
Jul 21, 2024 · Lilith's Brood is a collection of three works by Octavia E. Butler. The three volumes of this science fiction series (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago) were previously collected in the now out-of-print omnibus edition Xenogenesis. The collection was first published under the current title of Lilith's Brood in 2000.
Jul 19, 2024 · : any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation. Did you know?
6 days ago · The Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis) is a fascinating small passerine bird found from south-central to eastern Asia. Its modest appearance and unique adaptations make it an intriguing subject for bird enthusiasts and researchers alike.
