Definition of hatchling
:a recently hatched animal
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Males constituted almost 80% of hatchlings and 60% of the adults, the researchers reported in 2015.
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A special permit from the FWC is required to interact with sea turtle hatchlings.
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Osprey have nested for the past three years in a neighboring cell tower and guests dining on the patio are able to see the nest, hear the Osprey's calls and watch them feed their hatchlings.
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The sky is a sheet of blue, a breeze wraps us with clean air, a sandpiper mom shrieks over her hatchlings.
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The hatchlings were found at the bottom of a nest, unable to escape in 2011, and scooped out by turtle rescuers.
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Temperature determines turtle sex and Florida researchers have found nests have been producing more and more female hatchlings.
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Unlike modern birds, this newborn hatchling is from a now-extinct branch of the family tree called Enantiornithines.
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The hatchling belonged to a major group of birds known as enantiornithes, which went extinct along with dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago.
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First Known Use of hatchling
1854
HATCHLING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of hatchling for English Language Learners
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: a recently hatched animal : a very young bird, fish, etc., that has just come out from an egg
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