Hatcher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hatcher is a noun meaning One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.
Meaning
One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.
More Meanings
- Something that hatches, such as a bird or the egg from which it hatches.
Example Sentences
I bought some chicks from a commercial hatcher.
Incubators must be carefully monitored so that hatchers and nonhatchers may both be further handled promptly.
Under these conditions the late-hatching strategy quickly went extinct, usually within 10 years. With no difference in survivorship between hatching early and late, the early hatchers that survive each produce 20 offspring […]
Word Forms
- hatchers
Synonyms for hatcher
Depending on context, synonyms include hatchling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hen, hatcheryman, chickenman, hawker, poultryist, hedgemaker.
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