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hatchling

Syllables: hatch·ling/ˈhæt͡ʃlɪŋ/

hatchling noun: a newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.

hatchling: a newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg
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Noun

hatchling (plural hatchlings)

  1. 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.
    • Hatchling nautiluses emerge, after nearly a year's gestation, as miniature adults and then immediately start swimming around, searching for food in the depths.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 90
  2. (transgender slang) A person who has (especially recently) realized that they are transgender.

hatchling meaning in Tamil and Urdu

hatchling in Tamil

பொறித்த குஞ்சு

hatchling in Urdu

چوزہ

Forms of hatchling

pluralhatchlings

Origin of hatchling

From hatch + -ling. Sense 2 in reference to the term crack one's egg (“realize one is transgender”).

Words formed from hatchling

Questions about hatchling

What does hatchling mean?
Hatchling means a newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.
What is hatchling in Tamil?
Hatchling in Tamil is பொறித்த குஞ்சு. See Hatchling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hatchling?
Hatchling is a noun.
How do you pronounce hatchling?
Hatchling is pronounced /ˈhæt͡ʃlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of hatchling?
The plural of hatchling is hatchlings.

Words near hatchling in the dictionary

  1. hatchings
  2. hatchite
  3. Hatchky
  4. hatchless
  5. hatchlike
  6. hatchling
  7. hatchlings
  8. hatchman
  9. hatchmen
  10. hatchment
  11. hatchments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hatchling (page history and authors); hatchling (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hatchling (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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