Definition of hatching
: the engraving or drawing of fine lines in close proximity especially to give an effect of shading; also : the pattern so made
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Six to eight weeks after hatching (generally late April), the spiny caterpillars grow to about 3 inches and have finished feeding.
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In addition to the two baby giraffes born this year, the Maryland Zoo also welcomed the hatching of 12 baby penguins and five trumpeter swan chicks.
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The summer peak occurs when the water warms, boosting the metabolism of the fish, but prior to the bait fish hatching.
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This means mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are breeding and hatching earlier this spring.
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Those recommendations are based on breeding pairs and the mess that can accumulate with hatching eggs and raising young finches.
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Such early hatching is unusual and dangerous, and there was little that could be done to protect them.
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Usually, the zoo’s staff monitors eggs in an incubator, and sometimes returns them to the nest a few days before hatching.
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The young wasp, hatching as a larva, feeds on the paralyzed grub and destroys it.
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First Known Use of hatching
1662
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