broodling en · NOUN
Etymology
From brood + -ling.
Meanings
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a member of a brood, as of animals
And the black duck unfearing leads/Her broodling from the sheltering reeds.
1895, John Bernard O'Hara, The White Man, and Other Poems, 2nd edition, London: Ward, Locke & Bowden, Songs of the South, part IV, stanza 7, line 10, page 174:
- a member of a brood in science fiction
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| broodlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |