hatchday

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noun

The anniversary of the day on which an animal hatched from an egg.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounhatchday (plural hatchdays)

plural hatchdays

  1. The anniversary of the day on which an animal hatched from an egg.

Origin

  1. Englishhatch
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰegʷʰ-?
  3. Proto-Germanic*dagaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dag
  5. Old Englishdæġ
  6. Middle Englishday
  7. Englishday
  8. Englishhatchday

From hatch + day.

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APA

hatchday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchday

MLA

“hatchday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hatchday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchday.

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