subhatchery

noun

subhatchery

noun

Etymology From sub- + hatchery.

1

A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.

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

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