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hatchery
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hatchery
a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry.

hatchery liquid
the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture.


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The prevailing notion, he said, was that all the negative effects associated with hatcheries "could be weeded out by having them spend one generation in the wild.
A PROJECT which sets up small-scale salmon hatcheries in school classrooms where Welsh pupils care for small fish, has been shortlisted for a national award.
Well, that is an old joke and a tough question, one that even owners of poultry hatcheries probably could not answer.
 
 
 
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