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A maternity ward for things that arrive already abandoned by their parents.

means A facility that incubates eggs and raises young fish, poultry, or shellfish until they can survive on their own.

from From hatch, meaning to bring forth young from an egg, plus the place-suffix -ery; the verb traces to Middle English hacchen, of Germanic roots.

Fish factoriesMost farmed salmon begin life in freshwater hatcheries.
Conservation toolUsed to rebuild endangered fish populations, sometimes controversially.
Temperature dictatorsIn some turtles, incubation heat decides the hatchlings sex.
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