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Yes, brood is playable

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"Brood" Definition

noun

The children in one family.
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother. See Synonyms at flock1.
The young of an animal or a family of young.
The young (as of a bird or insect) hatched or cared for at one time.
A group having a common nature or origin.

verb-intransitive

To be deep in thought; meditate.
To be depressed.
To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry: brooded over the insult for several days.
To hover envelopingly; loom.
To sit on or hatch eggs.

verb-transitive

To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.
To sit on or hatch (eggs).

verb

To sit on or incubate (eggs).
To produce by or as if by incubation.
To cover (young) with the wings.
To think anxiously or gloomily about.
To brood eggs or young.

adjective

Kept for breeding: a brood hen.
Kept for breeding.
(of an animal) kept to be used for breeding:.

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