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Brood

/brˈud/
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(noun) The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

The hen keeps her brood under her.
To arms I call my comrades, and defy / the loathsome brood to battle.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The mother hen had a large ____ of young chicks following her today.

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