broodlet

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noun

A member of a brood.

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Meanings

nounbroodlet (plural broodlets)

plural broodlets

  1. A member of a brood.

    As in the old myth the pelican, hovering over her dead broodlets, pierced its own breast in agony and fluttered there until by the fanning of its wings above them and the dropping of its warm blood on them they were brought to life again, […]

    1864, William rounseville Alger, A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life (page 578)

Origin

From brood + -let.

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APA

broodlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodlet

MLA

“broodlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodlet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broodlet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodlet.

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