brood mare

See also: broodmare

English

Alternative forms

• broodmare (less common)

Noun

brood mare (plural brood mares)

1. A stud mare, a female horse used for breeding.
   • 1976, Joni Mitchell, Coyote:

     You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail
     While the sun is ascending
     And I'll just be getting home with my reel to reel

Synonyms

• stud mare

Translations

mare used for breeding

• Dutch: fokmerrie f
• Finnish: siitostamma
• French: poulinière (fr) f
• German: Zuchtstute (de) f, Gestütstute f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: φοράς f (phorás)

• Irish: láir ghraí f
• Italian: fattrice (it) f, cavalla da riproduzione f
• Manx: laair harree f
• Ottoman Turkish: یوند (yund)
• Polish: klacz rozpłodowa f
• Upper Sorbian: plahowanska kobła f, stadłowa kobła f
• Volapük: bridöpajijevod

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