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unhatched

/ ʌˈæʃ /

adjective

  1. (of an egg) not having broken to release the fully developed young
  2. (of a bird, snake, etc) not having emerged from the egg
  3. (of a plan, mission, etc) not having been fully developed or carried out
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A total of 20 nests holding more than 60 unhatched eggs and chicks were found on the failing tree inside Burton Chace Park.

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When Polkinghorne went out to check on her incubated emu eggs after the spring storm caused a power outage, she thought all the unhatched chicks were goners.

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It’s hard to say whether this individual cat was more adventurous than the average bobcat, but it suggests one potential way the python’s proliferation could be limited — by other animals eating their unhatched young.

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Mr. P moved “DC8 away from DC9′s unhatched egg and the female would periodically move it back,” according to Greeley.

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They schedule its care, using dormitory lamps to warm the unhatched gosling, which James names Crookshanks.

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