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Definition of Hatchling
1. Noun. Any recently hatched animal (especially birds).
Definition of Hatchling
1. Noun. A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hatchling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatchling
Literary usage of Hatchling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Size has been implicated as an important component of hatchling survival (Brooks
et al., 1991), and is strongly influenced by maternal investment in the egg ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"80 W 60- Й a С 40 - 03 20- y = 1.44 + 0.68X RA2 = 0.98 40 80 Egg mass (g) 1 20
Figure 4—Relationship between mean egg mass and mean hatchling mass for 18 ..."
3. Science and Society in Early America: Essays in Honor of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. by Randolph Shipley Klein (1986)
"Was the device of giving the hatchling an ... as false a representation of a real
fish, as is the ludicrous whitefish hatchling of the Lowell Lectures. ..."
4. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, With Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"They hoped that this type of ranching would increase the survivability of hatchling
and thus increase the population. Their evidence suggested that ..."
5. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... 200i larval mortality >1.83 2.28 Initial TPH Clark et al., 2001 hatchling 0.51
3.11 Average TPH Long and Holdaway, mortality over 24 hr 2002 hatchling ..."
6. The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials by David Attenborough, Keith Scholey, B.B.C.Natural History Unit (1997)
"Crocodilians do not have sex chromosomes but the temperature of the embryo in
the egg determines the sex of the hatchling crocodile. ..."
7. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"However, it is impossible to distinguish the sex of a hatchling using external
features and only ..."
8. Naples, FL: A Photographic Portrait by Karen T. Bartlett, Photographer (2006)
"LOGGERHEAD hatchling (opposite) This tiny hatchling begins his long journey out
to sea. Naples' beaches are fertile nesting grounds for giant loggerhead ..."
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