Hatchling
//ˈhæt͡ʃlɪŋ//
"Hatchling" in a Sentence (4 examples)
I don't know what has become of the hatchling.
Flavio said the alien was just a hatchling.
The hatchling alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted hatchling birds.
Hatchling nautiluses emerge, after nearly a year's gestation, as miniature adults and then immediately start swimming around, searching for food in the depths.
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