hatchling
A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an eggA newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.
» Turtle hatchlings get confused by beachfront lights.
Strandbeleuchtung stört gerade geschlüpfte Schildkrötenjunge.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
Schlüpfling
any recently hatched animal (especially birds)
A person who has (especially recently) realized that they are transgender.
Examples
8 sentencesTurtle hatchlings get confused by beachfront lights.
deStrandbeleuchtung stört gerade geschlüpfte Schildkrötenjunge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Flavio said the alien was just a hatchling.
I don't know what has become of the hatchling.
ruЯ не знаю, что стало с птенцом. — sharptoothed
deIch weiß nicht, was aus dem Jungen geworden ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yanni spotted some turtle hatchlings crawling to the sea.
The turtle hatchlings instinctively make their way towards the sea.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From hatch + -ling. Sense 2 in reference to the term crack one's egg (“realize one is tranFrom hatch + -ling. Sense 2 in reference to the term crack one's egg (“realize one is transgender”).
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Forms
plural: hatchlings| Singular | hatchling |
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