Hatched

Examples

• In this family several hen birds unite and lay first a few eggs in one nest and then in another; and these are hatched by the males. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• As I reached their side a glance showed me that all but a very few eggs had hatched, the incubator being fairly alive with the hideous little devils. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• A dozen of the prisoners had hatched it before they came aboard, Prendergast was the leader, and his money was the motive power. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• As it reaches its full size it _matures_, it begins to produce young, which are either born alive or hatched from eggs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The young are likewise hatched, and live for some time, on the coast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But the American cuckoo is in this predicament, for she makes her own nest and has eggs and young successively hatched, all at the same time. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Would the just-hatched young sometimes adhere to the feet of birds roosting on the ground and thus get transported? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These are then placed in the almost air-tight incubators to be hatched by the sun's rays after a period of another five years. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Chicks hatched by incubators, if rightly cared for, do better than with hens, and are stronger and more vigorous. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• If the remaining eggs ever hatched we knew nothing of the fate of the little Martians. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• When they are hatched, bees feed the young till they can take care of themselves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They often lay so many eggs--from fifteen to twenty--in the same foster-nest, that few or none can possibly be hatched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Five or six had already hatched and the grotesque caricatures which sat blinking in the sunlight were enough to cause me to doubt my sanity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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