broody
adjective
wanting to lay eggs or sit on them
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noun
a set of eggs that a chicken produces at one time, or the chickens that come from those eggs
noun
the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out
noun
a small object produced by a female insect, frog, snake etc, that a young animal comes out of
verb
if a bird incubates its eggs, or if they incubate, it keeps them warm until the young birds inside come out
verb
if a female animal such as a bird or fish lays an egg, it produces the egg by pushing it from its body
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