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hatchling

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhæt͡ʃlɪŋ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The hatchling alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted hatchling birds.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who has (especially recently) realized that they are transgender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: transgender slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any recently hatched animal (especially birds)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: young, offspring

History

Etymology

From hatch + -ling. Sense 2 in reference to the term crack one's egg (“realize one is transgender”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çuç — a newly hatched animal
  • Literary Chinese: 鷇 (kòu) — a newly hatched animal
  • Dutch: kuiken — a newly hatched animal
  • Dutch: jong — a newly hatched animal
  • Finnish: vastakuoriutunut — a newly hatched animal
  • German: Schlüpfling — a newly hatched animal
  • Ancient Greek: νεοσσός (neossós) — a newly hatched animal
  • Hungarian: fióka — a newly hatched animal
  • Italian: pulcino — a newly hatched animal
  • Māori: pūhouhou — a newly hatched animal
  • Ojibwe: banajaanh — a newly hatched animal
  • Polish: nowo wyklute pisklę — a newly hatched animal
  • Swedish: unge — a newly hatched animal
  • Zazaki: leyr (diq) (bird) — a newly hatched animal
  • Zazaki: tut — a newly hatched animal
  • Zazaki: pıt — a newly hatched animal