Meanings (ES + gloss)
cría
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
nidada
The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
prole
The children in one family; offspring.
Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, / And bring thee forth brave brood.
Garland Green, the tenth in a brood of eleven, was born on June 24, 1942, in Dunleath, Mississippi.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empollar • incubar
To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.
proteger
To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.