chick

Example Sentences

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Extinction was projected only in hypothetical scenarios where very low juvenile survival occurred, with around 20% failing to reach adulthood, combined with extremely poor reproduction limited to a maximum of one chick per pair.

From Science Daily

Somewhere in the night he’d flipped the bookcase over and floated the rest of the way lying inside, dozing safe as a chick in its nest.

From Literature

I made out distant activity—the vast wings being folded and, perhaps, chicks being fed.

From Literature

Volunteer duties could also include boat counts of seabird species and checking on chick productivity or grey seal monitoring, depending on the time of year.

From BBC

No fuzzy chicks, no bags of seeds for the greenhouse, no new knitting needles or garden trowels or other tools.

From Literature