HATCHERY

hatchery

(noun) a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs); “the park authorities operated a trout hatchery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hatchery (plural hatcheries)

A facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry.

Anagrams

• thearchy

Source: Wiktionary


Hatch"er*y, n.

Definition: A house for hatching fish, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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