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What does brood mean?

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Noun
  1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  2. (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
  4. The children in one family.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. (mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  2. (transitive) To protect.
  3. (intransitive) To dwell upon moodily and at length (with adpositions generally being either about or over)
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