fish hatchery


noun

a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.

Origin of fish hatchery

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for fish hatchery

  • And all because a turtle-fed, claret-flushed, idle and rich young man wants their earthly Paradise for a fish-hatchery.

    Iole |Robert W. Chambers