brood
noun/bruːd/
Frequency rank: #10,048 most common English word
Meaning
a group of young birds or animals hatched or cared for at the same time; also, to think deeply and anxiously about something.
Example sentence
The mother hen sat quietly on her brood of eggs in the corner of the barn.
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