hatchling definition
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hatchling hatchling (plural hatchlings) A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg. The hatchling alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted hatchling birds.
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birth brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. calving - giving birth to a calf. accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. farrow, farrowing - the production of a litter of pigs. hatch, hatching - the production of young from an egg.
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- late 14c., the young while in the womb or egg, from Latin fetus (often, incorrectly, foetus) the bearing, bringing forth, or hatching of young, from Latin base *fe-to generate, bear, also to suck, suckle (see fecund).
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birth (bɜrθ) n. 1. an act or instance of being born: day of birth. 2. the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition. 3. lineage; extraction; descent: of Grecian birth. 4. high or noble lineage. 5. heritage: a musician by birth. 6. any coming into existence: the birth of an idea.
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incubation This penguin holding his egg is incubation. noun. The definition of incubation is the process of keeping something at the right temperature and under the right conditions so it can develop. When a mother bird sits on her eggs until they are ready to hatch, this is an example of incubation.
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birth birth. n. 1. a. The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.irth. n. 1. a. The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
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baby a. a newborn or recently born child; infant. b. (as modifier): baby food. 2. (Anatomy) an unborn child; fetus. 3. the youngest or smallest of a family or group. 4. (Zoology) a. a newborn or recently born animal. b. (as modifier): baby rabbits. 5. usually derogatory an immature person. 6. slang a young woman or sweetheart: often used as a term of address expressing affection.
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incubation  [inâ²kyÅ«-bÄâ²shÅn] incubation[in′kyū-bā′shŭn] Type:Term. Definitions. 1. Act of maintaining controlled environmental conditions for the purpose of favoring growth or development of microbial or tissue cultures or to maintain optimal conditions for a chemical or immunologic reaction.
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- Updated July 21, 2013. Definition: Hatching is a shading technique used in both drawing and painting, where tone is built up through a series of thin strokes or lines that are more or less parallel. The lines can be short or long. How close together they are influences the tone, with closer lines creating darker tones.
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Infant An infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning unable to speak or speechless) is the more formal or specialised synonym for baby, the very young offspring of a human or other animal. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to a few weeks old. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate (from Latin, neonatus, newborn) refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth; the term applies to premature, full term, and postmature infants; before birth, the term fetus is used.
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baby The definition of a baby is an extremely young child or animal. An 11 month old child and a newborn kitten are each an example of a baby. pl. -·bies. 1  a very young child; infant.  a person who behaves like an infant; helpless or timid person.
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egg noun. A collection of eggs from different birds. A collection of eggs from different birds. The definition of an egg is the female reproductive cell in many animals or the thin-shelled oval body laid by hens and other animals. An example of an egg is what gets fertilized during a female's ovulation.
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birth 1 the event of being born, the entry of a new person out of its mother into the world. Kinds of birth are breech birth, live birth, and stillbirth. See also effacement, labor. 2 the childbearing event, the bringing forth by a mother of a baby. 3 a medical event, the delivery of a fetus by an obstetric attendant.
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- noun, plural embryos. 1. the young of a viviparous animal, especially of a mammal, in the early stages of development within the womb, in humans up to the end of the second month. Compare fetus. 2. Botany. the rudimentary plant usually contained in the seed.
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- 5. brood. offspring (plural); with animals: a brood = a litter; a group of baby birds, all hatched and raised at the same time by the same mother; related to the verb, to breed. Joe - That lady came to the barbeque with all of her 7 kids!. Dave - Yeah, she sure brought the whole brood..
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- There are different ways to refer to young birds. One way is by their age.<b><br /><br /></b>A <b>hatchling</b> is a baby bird that has only recently hatched, and has little or no body covering.
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- Confidence votes 57. A general (non-breed specific) baby turtle is called a hatchling. When they are still in shell, a group of hatchlings is called a clutch. If they have been born, a group of them are called a bale. A bale of hatchlings will grow into a bale of yearlings (juveniles).Baby  Turtles are called hatchlings  Baby turtles are born from eggs that the mother  turtle lays in nests.  They're called hatchlings because they hatch from  the egg … s. Many animals like to eat baby turtles, so sometimes their  lives are very short.  . 6 people found this useful.
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Hatching Hatching is especially important in essentially linear media, such as drawing, and many forms of printmaking, such as engraving, etching and woodcut. In Western art, hatching originated in the Middle Ages, and developed further into cross-hatching, especially in the old master prints of the fifteenth century.
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- incubator noun [C] uk / ˈɪŋ.kjə.beɪ.tə r / us / ˈɪŋ.kjə.beɪ.t̬ɚ / › a container that has controlled air and temperature conditions in which a weak or premature baby (= one which was born too early) can be kept alive
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incubate 1. to sit on (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting on them or by artificial heat. 3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as prematurely born infants. 4. to develop or produce as if by hatching: pranksters incubating new schemes.
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Seed Seed germination is a process by which a seed embryo develops into a seedling. It involves the reactivation of the metabolic pathways that lead to growth and the emergence of the radicle or seed root and plumule or shoot.
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Breeding Breeding is the reproduction that is producing of offspring, usually animals or plants:1  Breeding in the wild, the natural process of reproduction in the animal kingdom. 2  Animal husbandry, through selected specimens such as dogs, horses, and rabbits. 3  Plant breeding, through selected specimens such as trees.reeding is the reproduction that is producing of offspring, usually animals or plants:
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- Noun. 1. seedling-young plant or tree grown from a seed. phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte-plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores. Translations.
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Seedling A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. Seedling development starts with germination of the seed. A typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves). typical young seedling consists of three main parts: the radicle (embryonic root), the hypocotyl (embryonic shoot), and the cotyledons (seed leaves).
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- birthing, giving birth, birth. 1  brooding, incubation - sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. 2  calving - giving birth to a calf. 3  accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child.
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embryo The definition of an embryo is an unborn but developing child or animal, or something in the early stages that shows potential for development. 1  An example of an embryo is when you have a viable female human egg that has been fertilized with a man's sperm. An example of an embryo is the draft of a series of new laws protecting human rights that will be used in the development of a constitution to govern a country where a human rights violation is taking place.