| 单词 | brood hen |
| 释义 | brood hen (once / 738707 pages) n WORD FAMILY brood hen: brood hens USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the agronomist had left, they also ate the imported cows and all the brood hens. Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits: A Novel(1982) You could see that they felt toward that ship as a brood hen feels toward her eggs. Collins, Jimmy, Test Pilot(2011) The mowers receive a small sum for every egg they bring, the eggs being placed under brood hens, kept for the purpose. Jefferies, Richard, The Gamekeeper At Home—Sketches of...(2011) n a domestic hen ready to brood Syn|Hyper broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter biddy, hen adult female chicken |
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