hatching

About 1.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
2. noun 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.

3. noun The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
4. noun Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
5. verb present participle and gerund of hatch

Similar words

crosshatch hachure oviparous brood brooding fabric frame spark emergence incubator

Often followed by

of and in the eggs is from success a

Word family

hatchings