Brood may refer to:
Nature
* Brood, a collective term for
offspring
In biology, offspring are the young creation of living organisms, produced either by a single organism or, in the case of sexual reproduction, two organisms. Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny in a more general way. This ca ...
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Brooding
Egg incubation is the process by which an egg, of oviparous (egg-laying) animals, develops an embryo within the egg, after the egg's formation and ovipositional release. Egg incubation is done under favorable environmental conditions, possib ...
, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents
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Bee brood
In beekeeping, bee brood or brood refers to the eggs, larvae and pupae of honey bee, honeybees. The brood of Western honey bees develops within a Beehive (beekeeping), bee hive. In man-made, removable frame hives, such as Langstroth hives, each f ...
, 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 ...
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Brood X
Brood X (Brood 10), the Great Eastern Brood, is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States. The brood's first major emergence after 2021 is predicted to occur during 2038.
Characteristics
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, the largest brood, which emerges on a 17-year cycle
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Brood XIII
Brood XIII (also known as Brood 13 or Northern Illinois Brood) is one of 15 separate broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the midwestern United States. Every 17 years, Brood XIII tunnels ''en masse'' to the surface of the ...
, a brood centered on Northern Illinois and its surrounding area, which also emerges on a 17-year cycle
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Brood XIX
Brood XIX (also known as The Great Southern Brood) is the largest (most widely distributed) brood of 13-year periodical cicadas, last seen in 2011 across a wide stretch of the southeastern United States. Periodical cicadas (''Magicicada spp.'') ...
, 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), an alien species from the Marvel Comics universe
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The Brood (professional wrestling)
The Brood was a stable known for its time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the Attitude Era of the late 1990s. The Brood was composed of Gangrel, Christian and Edge. Their gimmick was that of a clan of vampires, although they were ...
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The New Brood, WWF professional wrestling stables in 1999
* "The Brood", an episode of the television series of ''
Exosquad''
* 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. Initially released in Japan on September 11, 1997, the game was later released ...
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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.I ...
, 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 is a New Zealand musical duo from Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson, 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 sing ...
, a New Zealand pop music duo
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Elliott Brood
Elliott Brood (often stylized as Elliott BROOD) is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead vo ...
, a death country band from Toronto
See also
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Brod (disambiguation)
Brod may refer to:
People
* Brod (surname)
* Brod Veillon, assistant adjutant general-air for Louisiana
Places
Brod is a common Slavic toponym, meaning "ford" and may refer to:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brod (Brčko), a village in Brčko Dis ...
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Dutch-language surnames