prehatch
English
Etymology
pre- + hatch
Adjective
prehatch (not comparable)
- Before the hatching of an egg.
- 2008 June 14, Reuters, “Tyson Foods Sues U.S.D.A. Over Antibiotic Rules”, in New York Times:
- The controversy stems from the company’s use of antibiotics for prehatch vaccinations two to three days before its chicks are hatched.
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Anagrams
- heptarch