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hatchling

/hach-ling/US // ˈhætʃ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈhætʃlɪŋ) //

雏鸟,孵化器,幼崽,孵化中的孩子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.

Examples

  • Hundreds of bones and teeth from dino hatchlings turned up along the Colville River in northern Alaska.

  • Pterosaur hatchlings may have been able to fly right out of the shell — although the flight of those ancient baby reptiles might have looked a bit different from that of the adults.

  • The next month, a volunteer took a photo of the young hatchlings that showed there were three.

  • Therefore, if their mothers popped them out at the dawn of spring, the hatchlings only had a few months to grow before winter set in.

  • Hundreds of bones and teeth found along the Colville River in northern Alaska belonged to dinosaur hatchlings, researchers say.

  • The average total length of seven hatchling tadpoles is 7.4 mm.

  • Hatchling tadpoles are active swimmers and have only a small amount of yolk.

  • The hatchling spider sprang—it was a combat of midgets which was soon over.

  • Diagrammatic representation of ontogenetic change in color pattern in Cnemidophorus sacki zweifeli: A—hatchling, 34 mm.

  • The hatchling does deviate from "typical" pallidus in having darkish flecks posteriorly on the carapace.