Brood
111brood bitch — noun a bitch used for breeding • Hypernyms: ↑bitch * * * a female dog used for breeding …
112brood body — noun : a gemma (as of a moss or liverwort) …
113brood bud — noun 1. : bulbil 2. : soredium * * * Bot. 1. bulbil. 2. soredium. 3. gemma …
114brood capsule — noun : one of the secondary scolex containing cysts that are proliferated from the lining of a hydatid and constitute the infective agent when eaten by a suitable host (as a dog) …
115brood cell — noun 1. : gonidium 2. : a cell in bee comb used for the rearing of a larva …
116brood matron — noun : a female domestic animal kept for breeding …
117brood parasitism — noun : social parasitism among birds characterized by a bird of one species laying its eggs in the nest of a bird of another species and giving no parental care to the eggs * * * a form of social parasitism practiced by certain birds, as cuckoos… …
118brood pouch — noun : a sac or cavity of the body of an animal where the eggs or embryos are received and undergo a part of their development * * * n. a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching …
119brood stock — noun : a small population of any animal maintained as a source of population replacement or for the establishment of new populations (as of game birds) in suitable habitats …
120brood bud bulblet — noun see bulbil …