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, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents
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Bee brood, the young of a beehive
* Individual broods of North American
periodical cicadas:
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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'', 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 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''
* Brood, the dragon clan in ''
Breath of Fire III''
Music
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The Brood (band), 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), a New Zealand pop music duo
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Elliott Brood, a death country band from Toronto
See also
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Brod (disambiguation)
{{disambiguation, surname
Dutch-language surnames