hatchling

音標發(fā)音

Breeding season is underway for most of the world’s birds, with hatchling season close behind.
世界上大部分鳥類的繁殖季節(jié)即將到來，緊隨其后的就是幼鳥出生的季節(jié)。
In the wild, ducklings are exposed to pathogens and parasites as soon as they hatch, and small differences in immune function could determine whether the hatchling survives or not.
在野外環(huán)境中，小鴨子剛出殼就要面對大量的病原體和寄生蟲，這時在免疫系統(tǒng)上些許差別就可能決定這些剛孵化的小鴨子的生死。
Lohmann speculates that hatchling turtles may imprint on the magnetic field of their home beach and, if so, such a phenomenon could be the basis of strategies for species preservation.
羅曼推測，人工孵化的海龜也許會留下它們家鄉(xiāng)海灘磁場的烙印，如果是這樣，這種現(xiàn)象可能會成為物種保護的策略基礎(chǔ)。

It's not an easy business, given that the fish take a good nine years to grow from hatchling to roe-producing adult.
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