prehatch
Meanings
adj
- Before the hatching of an egg
verb
- To undergo changes that lead to hatching, such as the rupture of internal membranes as the embryo begins to emerge from the blastoderm cuticle.
Word forms
Etymology
From pre- + hatch.
Related words
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