hatchling

Definitions

1. A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.
2. A person who has (especially recently) realized that they are transgender.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Hatchling nautiluses emerge⟳, after nearly a year's gestation, as miniature adults and then immediately start⟳ swimming around, searching for food in the depths.”

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