subhatchery

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noun

A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.

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Meanings

nounsubhatchery (plural subhatcheries)

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

Origin

From sub- + hatchery.

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APA

subhatchery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhatchery

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“subhatchery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhatchery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subhatchery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhatchery.

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