rare. [f. BROOD sb. + -LET, -LING.] A young bird, a nestling.

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1673.  R. Head, Canting Academy, 21. The Hen and all Her tender Broodlings.

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1866.  Alger, Solit. Nat. & Man, II. 37. The wild bird whose little heart throbs … towards her nest and broodlets.

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