broodlet

词形变化

broodlets 复数 broodlets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a brood.

    As in the old myth the pelican, hovering over her dead broodlets, pierced its own breast in agony and fluttered there until by the fanning of its wings above them and the dropping of its warm blood on them they were brought to life again, […]

词源

From brood + -let.

来源：wiktionary