subhatchery

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ hatchery.

Noun

subhatchery (plural subhatcheries)

1. A lesser or subsidiary hatchery.
   • 1908, Hugh McCormick Smith, The United States Bureau of Fisheries, page 19:

     In Oregon a central hatchery at Oregon City, on the Willamette River, has 3 subhatcheries on tributaries of the Columbia in Oregon and Washington, […]