hatchling
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈhæʧlɪŋ/
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- Platypuses, which lay eggs and then nurse the hatchlings, have the disadvantage of not having teats on their mammary glands.
- observed a hatchling
Examples
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And last, but certainly not least, those adorable hatchlings.
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Many chicks died because penguin mates did not return in time to feed the hatchlings before they starved.
Academic text (2008) -
I have observed a hatchling move as much as 500 feet in order to reach a clearing.
Academic text (1990) -
These guys knew a bunch of boy hatchlings were coming!
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And the hatchlings will spread right across the world.
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And you and your hatchlings will go hungry.
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In recent experiments, I have focused on how hatchlings find, acquire, and maintain a suitable territory.
Academic text (1990) -
It is quite stunning to see how these blind, featherless little hatchlings go about their dirty work.
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Each year, after incubating for about four months in an underground nest, hatchlings emerge about midway through the wet season.
Academic text (1995) -
The little hatchling emerged from the egg and instinctively flapped its wings.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken
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1.0
A very young bird without enough feathers to fly or leave the nest
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5.6
A young bird that cannot fly and stays in the nest
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1.2
A baby bird that is not yet an adult
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hatchling comes from hatch 'to come out of an egg' and the ending -ling 'small' or 'young', as in duckling. So a hatchling is a very young animal that has just come out of its egg, like a baby bird or turtle.