fish hatchery


noun
  1. a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.

Origin of fish hatchery

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Words Nearby fish hatchery

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How to use fish hatchery in a sentence

  • And all because a turtle-fed, claret-flushed, idle and rich young man wants their earthly Paradise for a fish-hatchery.

    Iole | Robert W. Chambers