Hatchery

/ˈhætʃəri/ noun

A facility where eggs, especially of fish or poultry, are artificially incubated and hatched.

From hatch plus the suffix -ery (place of activity). Hatch comes from Middle English hacchen, possibly from Old English *hæccan. The -ery suffix creates nouns indicating places where specific activities occur, like bakery or brewery.

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