clutch

/klʌtʃ/ n [C] (GROUP)

Definition

› a group of eggs or young animals hatched from eggs: several clutches of the infant sea turtles › A clutch is also a group of people, animals, or things: The herders tend to small clutches of cattle and llamas.

(Definition of clutch n (GROUP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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clunk v
cluster n
cluster v
clutch adj PERFORMING WELL
clutch n BAG
clutch n GROUP
clutch n PERFORMING WELL
clutch n VEHICLE PART
clutch v HOLD
clutches pl n
clutter n

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