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hatchery Definition

hatch·ery (hac̸hər ē)

noun pl. -·er·ies

a place for hatching eggs, esp. those of fish or poultry

hatchery Synonyms

hatchery

n.

brooder, incubator, breeding place, fish hatchery.

hatchery Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: Expanding or building more hatcheries will increase the rate of chickens hatching, thus providing more food.
  • operate: This could be teaching classes, developing curriculums, conducting beach clean ups and operating school hatcheries.
  • visit: We first visited the fish hatchery where the facilities were excellent with good birding right next to the river.
  • bear: However, in Montana and many other prime rivers in the world, most of the rivers are not stocked with hatchery born fish.
  • have: The estate has an organic salmon hatchery, mussel farm and hill farm with Highland Cattle and Hebridean Sheep.

Preposition: on

  • beach: In Malaya eggs are brought so special hatcheries on the beach and the young distributed ar sea so reduce the predator hazard.

Adjective modifier

  • commercial: In 1994 Tropical Marine Center established the first commercial hatchery of its kind in Europe, based entirely on a synthetic seawater re-circulation system.
  • marine: It boasted the first marine hatchery in the UK.
  • local: These included work as a caretaker, a mail coach driver and work in the local fish hatchery, Cannery Row near Monterey.
  • wild: This is likely to be largely due to the stocking densities and the relatively short periods fish are reared for in wild fish hatcheries.

Modifies a noun

  • fish: Hatchery fish learn none of these lessons in their tank.
  • facility: A commercial hatchery facility was opened in 1994 and today produces several species of marine fishes for the ornamental market.
  • waste: Hatchery waste chicks should be humanely killed, then immediately laid out on shelves and blast frozen, prior to packing.
  • environment: One reason is that fish reared in plain hatchery environments do not know how to behave in the wild.

Noun used with modifier

  • turtle: It has started sea turtle surveys and a conservation program for them in India, including a sea turtle hatchery.
  • trout: Today, the kingfisher can be a problem at trout hatcheries or garden ponds.
  • fish: We first visited the fish hatchery where the facilities were excellent with good birding right next to the river.
  • salmon: There is also evidence of its use in salmon hatcheries.
  • lobster: Moving on to Padstow, where a new lobster hatchery is based.
  • freshwater: Salmon eggs are fertilized by artificial insemination and incubated in large holding trays at freshwater hatcheries.

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