hatching
/ˈhæt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun B2- A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
- A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time. · We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.
- The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
- Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
Plural hatchings
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“As if it wasn’t trouble enough hatching the eggs,” said the Pigeon; “but I must be on the look-out for serpents night and day!
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