Brood may refer to:
Nature
* Brood, a collective term for
offspring
In biology, offspring are the young creation of living organisms, produced either by sexual reproduction, sexual or asexual reproduction. Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny. This can refer to a set of simultaneous offspring ...
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Brooding
Broodiness is the action or behavioral tendency to sit on a clutch of eggs to Egg incubation, incubate them, often requiring the non-expression of many other behaviors including feeding and drinking.Homedes Ranquini, J. y Haro-García, F. Zoogen� ...
, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents
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Bee brood
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...
, the young of a beehive
* Individual broods of North American
periodical cicadas
The term periodical cicada is commonly used to refer to any of the seven species of the genus ''Magicicada'' of eastern North America, the 13- and 17-year cicadas. They are called periodical because nearly all individuals in a local population a ...
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Brood X, the largest brood, which emerges on a 17-year cycle
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Brood XIII, a brood centered on Northern Illinois and its surrounding area, which also emerges on a 17-year cycle
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Brood XIX, a large brood in the Southern United States which emerges on a 13-year cycle
People with the surname
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Herman Brood (1946–2001), Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality
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Philippe Brood (1964–2000), Dutch politician
Entertainment
* ''
The Brood
''The Brood'' is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a ...
'', a 1979 horror film directed by David Cronenberg
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Brood (comics)
The Brood are a fictional race of insectoid, parasitic, extraterrestrial beings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, especially '' Uncanny X-Men.'' Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, they first ...
, an alien species from the Marvel Comics universe
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The Brood (professional wrestling)
The Brood was a List of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable known for its time in the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the Attitude Era from 1998 to 1999. The Brood was composed of Gangrel, Christian Cage, Christian a ...
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The New Brood, WWF professional wrestling stables in 1999
* "The Brood", an episode of the television series of ''
Exosquad
''Exosquad'' is an American science fiction animated television series created by Universal Cartoon Studios for MCA TV's Universal Family Network syndicated programming block. The series ran for two complete seasons in syndication from 1993 to ...
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* Brood, the dragon clan in ''
Breath of Fire III
''Breath of Fire III'' is a role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation console as part of the '' Breath of Fire'' series. It was released in Japan on September 11, 1997, and in North America and Europ ...
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Music
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The Brood (band)
Uncle Slam was an American crossover thrash band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1987. They were influenced by punk rock bands of the 1980s like Suicidal Tendencies (which featured some of the members of Uncle Slam and the Brood), D.R ...
, a crossover thrash band from Venice, California
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''The Brood'' (album), a 1984 album by Herman Brood
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''Brood'' (album), 1994 album by Melbourne band My Friend the Chocolate Cake
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Broods (duo)
Broods are a musical duo from Nelson, New Zealand, composed of Georgia Josiena Nott on lead vocals, with older brother and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Allan Joseph Nott on production and backing vocals.
They released the single "Bridges (Broo ...
, a New Zealand pop music duo
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Elliott Brood
Elliott Brood (often stylized as Elliott BROOD) is a three-piece Canadian alternative country band formed in Toronto in 2002. It consists of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead ...
, a death country band from Toronto
See also
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Brod (disambiguation)
Brod may refer to:
People
* Brod (surname), includes a list of people with the name
* Brod Veillon, assistant adjutant general-air for Louisiana
Places
Brod is a common Slavic languages, Slavic toponym, meaning "ford" and may refer to:
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Dutch-language surnames