The siblings in a birds nest are called a brood, and when a bird sits on her nest it is called brooding.
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Yes you can use brood as a verb to talk about birds incubating their eggs. But I think that is not common most people talk about birds sitting on eggs not brooding on eggs.
A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges., A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls., To brood; to incubate., A pantry.
Tagalog Translation of BROOD: angkan
The collective nouns for young birds are:a brood of chicksa clutch of chicks
Brood can mean: * The young of an animal who exist in the same space. Ex: The Bird's Brood (the birds hatchlings as a whole) * To Worry About Sometihng * To sit on eggs
The collective nouns for young birds are:a brood of chicksa clutch of chicks
A clutch or brood. The hen has a large clutch of chickens
The noun 'brood' is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a group of birds or animals born at the same time; or an informal word for the children in one family. The noun 'brood' is a standard collective noun for 'a brood of chickens'. The word 'brood' is also a verb and an adjective.
3-5 eggs with 2-4 broods
The noun brood is a collective noun for:a brood of Chess playersa brood of chickensa brood of chicksa brood of hensa brood of grousea brood of turkeysa brood of maresa brood of pheasantsa brood of termitesa brood of vipersa brood of jellyfish