hatching
A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
Other meanings
A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
“We got a good hatching from the swallowtail eggs.”
The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.
Related words
- cross-hatching
- posthatching
- prehatching
Where this comes from
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