hatchling
a young bird, reptile, or fish recently emerged from an egg.
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Hundreds of bones and teeth from dino hatchlings turned up along the Colville River in northern Alaska.
Dinosaur families appear to have lived in the Arctic year-round | Nikk Ogasa | July 27, 2021 | Science News For StudentsPterosaur hatchlings may have been able to fly right out of the shell — although the flight of those ancient baby reptiles might have looked a bit different from that of the adults.
Pterosaurs may have been able to fly as soon as they hatched | Carolyn Gramling | July 22, 2021 | Science NewsThe next month, a volunteer took a photo of the young hatchlings that showed there were three.
Therefore, if their mothers popped them out at the dawn of spring, the hatchlings only had a few months to grow before winter set in.
The real Jurassic Park may have been in the Arctic | Sara Kiley Watson | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHundreds of bones and teeth found along the Colville River in northern Alaska belonged to dinosaur hatchlings, researchers say.
For some dinosaurs, the Arctic may have been a great place to raise a family | Nikk Ogasa | June 24, 2021 | Science News
The average total length of seven hatchling tadpoles is 7.4 mm.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. Duellmanhatchling tadpoles are active swimmers and have only a small amount of yolk.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanThe hatchling spider sprang—it was a combat of midgets which was soon over.
The Red Dust | Murray LeinsterDiagrammatic representation of ontogenetic change in color pattern in Cnemidophorus sacki zweifeli: A—hatchling, 34 mm.
A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacan, Mexico | William E. DuellmanThe hatchling does deviate from "typical" pallidus in having darkish flecks posteriorly on the carapace.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. Webb
British Dictionary definitions for hatchling
/ (ˈhætʃlɪŋ) /
a young animal that has newly emerged from an egg
Origin of hatchling
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