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| amphibian |
a small animal that spends part of its life cycle in water and part of its life cycle on land. Amphibians hatch in water and breathe with gills. Then they develop lungs so the adults can breathe air. Amphibians are cold-blooded animals with skeletons inside their bodies. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are amphibians. [1/2 definitions] |
| boll weevil |
a small beetle with a gray body and a long snout. It lays eggs in the seed pods of the cotton plant where they hatch and cause much damage to crops. |
| brood |
to sit on eggs in order to hatch them. [1/4 definitions] |
| clutch2 |
to hatch (chickens or other birds). [1/3 definitions] |
| hatch1 |
to help a young animal break out from (its egg) and be born. Birds, reptiles, and certain kinds of fish hatch eggs. [1/4 definitions] |
| hatchway |
an opening that has a hinged door or lid, through which passengers or goods may pass, as on a ship or aircraft; hatch. [1/2 definitions] |
| incubate |
to keep warm until time to hatch. |
| incubator |
a machine that uses heat to hatch eggs. [1/2 definitions] |
| moth |
an insect called the clothes moth. It lays its eggs in wool or other fabric or fur. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the fabric and damage it. [1/2 definitions] |
| scuttle3 |
a small covered hatch or other opening, as in a ship, roof, or ceiling. [1/4 definitions] |
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