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hatch·ing
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altricial
(of the young of some species of birds after hatching) naked, blind, and dependent on the parents for food -
autosexing
the breeding of birds to reveal specific sexual characteristics -
couvade
a custom in certain cultures of treating the husband of a woman giving birth as if he were bearing the child -
double-clutch
(of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator. -
eclosion
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case. -
egg tooth
a calcareous prominence at the tip of the beak or upper jaw of an embryonic bird or reptile, used to break through the eggshell at hatching.