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, 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, 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
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People with the surname
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Herman Brood
Hermanus "Herman" Brood (; 5 November 1946 – 11 July 2001) was a Dutch musician, painter, actor and poet. As a musician he achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, and was called "the greatest and only Dutch rock 'n' ...
(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 b ...
'', 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 app ...
, 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 ...
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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 animated television series created by Universal Animation Studios, Universal Cartoon Studios for MCA TV's Universal Family Network broadcast syndication, syndicated programming block. The show is set in the beginning of the 22n ...
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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), PlayStation console as part of the ''Breath of Fire'' series. Initially released in Japan on September 11, 1997, the g ...
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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 is a New Zealand musical duo from 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 single " Bridges", which ...
, 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 v ...
, a death country band from Toronto
See also
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Brod (disambiguation)
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Dutch-language surnames