fish hatchery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish hatchery
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District even has its own fish hatchery, where it rears the aptly named Western mosquitofish.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
About 25,525 smolts that were thrown onto the creek banks “were not able to flop down into the water,” Andrew Gibbs, the department’s fish hatchery coordinator for eastern Oregon, said in an interview on Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
The smallest of the four dams, Copco 2, will come down in 2023, and crews will improve roads and bridges, move a municipal water line, and build a new fish hatchery.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
Nestle's six groundwater collection sites in Maine, the suit says, "are near a present or former human waste dump, landfill, fish hatchery or toxic petroleum dump site."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2017
She told him of her work at the fish hatchery, after her discharge from the Birthing Center.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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