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subhatchery

subhatchery noun: a lesser or subsidiary hatchery.

Noun

subhatchery (plural subhatcheries)

  1. A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.
    • In Oregon a central hatchery at Oregon City, on the Willamette River, has 3 subhatcheries on tributaries of the Columbia in Oregon and Washington, […]1908, Hugh McCormick Smith, The United States Bureau of Fisheries, page 19

Forms of subhatchery

pluralsubhatcheries

Origin of subhatchery

From sub- + hatchery.

Questions about subhatchery

What does subhatchery mean?
Subhatchery means a lesser or subsidiary hatchery.
What part of speech is subhatchery?
Subhatchery is a noun.
What is the plural of subhatchery?
The plural of subhatchery is subhatcheries.

Words near subhatchery in the dictionary

  1. subharmonically
  2. subharmonics
  3. subhastation
  4. subhastations
  5. subhatcheries
  6. subhatchery
  7. subhauler
  8. subhaulers
  9. subhazard
  10. subhazards
  11. subhead

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