Prehatch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prehatch is an adjective meaning Before the hatching of an egg.
Meaning
Before the hatching of an egg.
More Meanings
- To undergo changes that lead to hatching, such as the rupture of internal membranes as the embryo begins to emerge from the blastoderm cuticle.
Example Sentences
The controversy stems from the company’s use of antibiotics for prehatch vaccinations two to three days before its chicks are hatched.
Failure of these eggs to prehatch within 30 days at 7 C is not surprising since it took longer for prehatching to occur in nature under substantially lower temperatures than 7 C.
Word Forms
- prehatches
- prehatching
- prehatched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prehatching, prehatched, prelay, prelaying, preovipositional, preovipository.
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