Brood

"Brood" in French

couvée

(the young of certain animals)

couvée

(the young of any egg-laying creature)

marmaille

(the children in one family)

broyer du noir

(to dwell upon moodily and at length)

couver

(to keep an egg warm)

couver

(to protect)

protéger

(to protect)

se morfondre

(to dwell upon moodily and at length)

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