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  • 91brood parasitism — a form of social parasitism practiced by certain birds, as cuckoos and cowbirds, in which eggs are laid in the nests of other birds, causing them to be hatched and the young reared by the hosts, often at the cost of the hosts own young. * * * …

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  • 92brood patch. — See incubation patch. * * * …

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  • 93brood parasite — noun An animal that leaves its eggs in the nest of others to be raised …

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  • 94brood plate — (Order Amphipoda): Oostegite [Stachowitsch, 1992] …

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  • 95brood sac — A pouch formed from either one or two oostegites [Holdich and Jones, 1983] …

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  • 96brood capsules — capsular projections from the internal membrane of hydatid cysts, from which the scolices arise …

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  • 97brood — Synonyms and related words: agonize, animal kingdom, be abstracted, be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be with child, blood, breed, carry, carry young, chew the cud, children, clan, class, clock, clutch, consider, contemplate, cover, debate,… …

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  • 98brood mare — Synonyms and related words: Houyhnhnm, Partlet, biddy, bitch, bossy, charger, colt, courser, cow, critter, dobbin, doe, entire, entire horse, equine, ewe, ewe lamb, filly, foal, gelding, guinea hen, gyp, heifer, hen, hind, horse, jenny, lioness,… …

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  • 99brood over — Synonyms and related words: ache, agonize, bear in mind, bleed, breathe vengeance, cherish, chew over, con over, deliberate over, deliberate upon, digest, dwell on, dwell upon, fan the embers, fret, grieve, harbor revenge, have in mind, hold in… …

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  • 100brood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hatch, progeny. See posterity. v. i. ponder, mope, meditate, ruminate; sit (on eggs). See thought. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flock, offspring, young; see family 1 , herd 1 , litter 2 , offspring . v. 1 …

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