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cría — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brood noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  • calf noun A young cow, bull, or the young of certain other large animals such as elephants or whales.

Senses

cría is used for these senses in English:

  • brood The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  • calf The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

brood — full definition

  1. noun A group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or raised together.
  2. noun Informal term for the children of one family.
  3. verb Of a bird, to sit on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
  4. verb To dwell unhappily on one's thoughts, often alone.

calf — full definition

  1. noun A young cow, bull, or the young of certain other large animals such as elephants or whales.
  2. noun The muscular back part of the lower leg, below the knee.
  3. noun A chunk of ice that breaks away from a glacier or ice shelf.

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