hatching

  1. Noun.  A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. Noun.  A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  3. Verb.  (present participle of, ''hatch'') .

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