hatchery
noun
hatch·ery
ˈha-chə-rē 
plural hatcheries
: a place for hatching eggs (as of poultry or fish)
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The eggs are taken inside the hatchery to protect them from predators, such as dogs and gulls.
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Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
More: Bird flu and expensive egg prices drive demand for chicks from Wisconsin hatcheries
Can humans get sick from the bird flu?
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The property has a composting facility, a desalination plant for water, and a turtle hatchery.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
The only reason humpies are in the region is due to a Canadian fish hatchery that in 1956 reportedly dumped some pink salmon fingerlings into a sewer that drained into Lake Superior.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
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Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
More: Bird flu and expensive egg prices drive demand for chicks from Wisconsin hatcheries
Can humans get sick from the bird flu?
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The property has a composting facility, a desalination plant for water, and a turtle hatchery.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
The only reason humpies are in the region is due to a Canadian fish hatchery that in 1956 reportedly dumped some pink salmon fingerlings into a sewer that drained into Lake Superior.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hatchery
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“Hatchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchery. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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