brooder (noun)

  • 1brooder house — noun see brooder 2a …

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  • 2brooder pneumonia — noun severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys • Syn: ↑aspergillosis • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun : aspergillosis of young birds …

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  • 3brooder — noun Date: 1599 1. one that broods 2. a heated structure used for raising young fowl …

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  • 4brooder — noun a) A person who broods b) A heated box used for chicks or premature babies …

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  • 5brooder — noun a heated house for chicks or piglets …

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  • 6brooder — noun (C) 1 a heated structure for young birds to live in 2 someone who broods a lot …

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  • 7brooder — brood|er [ brudər ] noun count 1. ) someone who thinks and worries a lot: She can be a real brooder. 2. ) a small building made of wood where farmers keep young birds …

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  • 8brooder — /ˈbrudə/ (say broohduh) noun 1. a device or structure for the artificial rearing of young chickens or other birds. 2. someone or something that broods …

  • 9brooder pneumonia — /brudə njuˈmoʊnjə/ (say broohduh nyooh mohnyuh) noun an acute pulmonary disease, caused by Aspergillus fumigatus fungus and resulting in high mortality among poultry, especially turkeys; aspergillosis …

  • 10mouthbreeder — noun any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths • Hypernyms: ↑fish * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of several small fishes (family Cichlidae) that carry their eggs and young in the mouth; especially : a No.… …

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