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Etymology

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sub- +‎ hatchery

Noun

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subhatchery (plural subhatcheries)

  1. A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.
    • 1908, Hugh McCormick Smith, The United States Bureau of Fisheries, page 19:
      In Oregon a central hatchery at Oregon City, on the Willamette River, has 3 subhatcheries on tributaries of the Columbia in Oregon and Washington, []